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Attributed to Pietro Longhi (Venice 1702-1785) The Finding of Moses image 1
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Lot 15*

Attributed to Pietro Longhi
(Venice 1702-1785)
The Finding of Moses

3 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£25,000 - £35,000

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Attributed to Pietro Longhi (Venice 1702-1785)

The Finding of Moses
oil on canvas
80.5 x 99.2cm (31 11/16 x 39 1/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
The Collection of Don Gioachino Colonna, Prince of Stigliano, Venice, 1964, by whom sold
Sale, Galleria S.A.L.G.A., Rome, 22 May 1964, lot 79 (as Gianantonio Guardi)

Exhibited
Gorizia, Palazzo della Torre, Le Meraviglie di Venezia, 14 March - 27 July 2008, cat. no. 12
Turin, Museo di Arti Decorative Accorsi-Ometto, Venezia nel Settecento. Una citta' cosmopolita e il suo mito, 19 April - 3 September 2023, cat. no. II.9

Literature
D. Succi et al, Le meraviglie di Venezia. Dipinti del '700 in collezioni private, Venice, 2008, exh. cat., p. 86, cat. no. 12
L. Facchin et al, Venezia nel Settecento. Una citta' cosmopolita e il suo mito, Turin, 2023, exh. cat., pp. 100-1, cat. no. II.9, ill. p. 101

At the time of the sale of paintings from the Collection of Don Gioachino Colonna, Prince of Stigliano in 1964, the present lot was given to Gianantonio Guardi, based on an expertise from Prof. Giuseppe Fiocco. However, Egidio Martini subsequently suggested an attribution to Pietro Longhi.

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