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Scenes of bull baiting
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1712-1793
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Width: 30.6 cm
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This spirited vignette depicts a bull baiting staged in Saint Mark’s Square during the visit of Archduke Paul Pavlovich and Archduchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia in January 1783. Guardi made at least three sketches of this colourful event, two of which are in The Courtauld’s collection. They may be preparatory studies for a painting, even though no such work is now known. The immediacy of the drawing suggests that Guardi probably sketched the scene from life.
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Captured on Paper, Animals in the Prints and Drawings Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20/06/2002-11/08/2002
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982-30/01/1983
Literature
p. 69 under no. 43
Byam Shaw, J., 'Unpublished Guardi drawings' in 'Art Quarterly', 1953; XVI
no. 12 on pp. 276-77
ill.
Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 140
pl. C ...More
Byam Shaw, James, Selected writings, Colnaghi, London 1968
no. 12 on pp. 108-09
pl. 78
considered authentic signature and drawing
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 140
Drawings from New York Collections: 18th century in Italy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1971
p. 88 under no. 209
in file for PG.139
Morassi, Antonio, Guardi: tutti i disegni di Antonio, Francesco e Giacomo Guardi, Venice 1975
p. 125 under cat. 270
fig. 272
Drawings by Tiepolo and Guardi in the Princes Gate Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 31/07/1982- 30/01/1983, cat. by Helen Braham
no. 29
Bean, Jacob and William Griswold, 18th century Italian drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1990
p. 113 under no. 95
in file for PG.139 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner, brown ink, signed (considered authentic by Byam Shaw 1968): “Fco. Guardi.” Verso: lower centre edge (obscured by remnant of a former secondary support), brown ink?: "50".
Collector's mark: none.
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