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Venetian School, 18th Century View of Piazza Navona, Rome, with a Commedia dell'Arte theatrical performance image 1
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Lot 45

Venetian School
18th Century
View of Piazza Navona, Rome, with a Commedia dell'Arte theatrical performance

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

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Venetian School, 18th Century

View of Piazza Navona, Rome, with a Commedia dell'Arte theatrical performance
oil on canvas
73.2 x 112.6cm (28 13/16 x 44 5/16in).

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Provenance
The Collection of Sir Arthur Wilmot 7th Bt. (1909-42), and thence by descent to the present owner

Numerous versions of the present composition are known, of differing sizes and with variations to the details, and by a number of different hands. Examples given to Francesco Tironi were offered at Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1990, lot 78 and Christie's, New York, 12 January 1996, lot 121. A signed version by Jacopo Fabris is at Schloss Fredenburg (see: A. Morassi, 'Anticipazioni per il vedutista Jacopo Fabris', Arte Veneta, XX, 1966, pp.272-82, fig. 339) and an unsigned version was offered at Christie's, London, 11 December 1997, lot 105.

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