Jan 29, 2007 - Sale 2101

Sale 2101 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
VENETIAN SCHOOL, 18TH-CENTURY
Coastal Scene with a Watch Tower and Two Ships.

Pen and brown ink and gray wash on cream laid paper. 190x270 mm; 7 1/2x10 5/8 inches. The letters V C watermark.

Both the present work and the following lot recall Canaletto's vedute ideate, or fanciful views, and have a mannered style consistent with the artist's later period.