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MICHELE MARIESCHI (VENICE 1710-1743)
A capriccio with peasants resting before buildings, the Venetian lagoon beyond; and A capriccio of the Venetian lagoon with peasants conversing and resting on a shore
oil on canvas
914 x 1334 in. (23.5 x 34.9 cm.)
a pair
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey, USA.
Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 2000, lot 239 (£22,350).
Literature
F. Montecuccoli degli Erri and F. Pedrocco, Michele Marieschi, La vita l'ambiente, l'opera, Milan, 1999, pp. 264-265, nos. 45-46, illustrated.
Exhibited
Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, From Light to Enlightment: Italian Old Master Paintings from 16th to 18th Centuries, 12-17 November 2005.
Monte Carlo, Maison d'Art, Nel segno della Serenissima, Capolavori dell'arte veneta dal XIV al XVII secolo, 2007.
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