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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.604
People
Follower of Francesco Guardi, Italian (Venice, Italy 1712 - 1793 Venice, Italy)
Title
Capriccio: River Landscape with Roman Arch, Villa and Fishermen
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227649

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on shaped canvas
Dimensions
121 x 79 cm (47 5/8 x 31 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Fund
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.604
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Debra Kalish, "The Technical Examination of a Painting Attributed to Francesco Guardi" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1978), Unpublished, pp. 1-15 passim
  • H. Travers Newton, "A Technical Comparison of Three Paintings by Francesco Guardi: Isola de Madonnetta, Canale della Giudecca con le Zattere, and Capricio: Landscape in Ruins" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1979), Unpublished, pp. 1-22 passim
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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