The story of one of the greatest collections of Old Masters to come to auction in recent memory begins in earnest with a tiny jewel.

Succi (see literature), notes that the present example is painted in “prevalenti tonalità azzurrine e argentee,” and dates it circa 1790, thus making it likely amongst the last images of San Giorgio ...

The sweeping monographic exhibition "Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)" at ... for a retrospective of more than 150 paintings and drawings by Guardi gathered from the finest collections world-wide.

Francesco Guardi was born and died in Venice. His father was a painter, as was his brother Giovanni Antonio. (Their sister Maria-Cecilia married another Venetian artist, Giambattista Tiepolo.) ...

Original works by Francesco Guardi, whose painting style is said ... deGarthe, and Credit River by the Canadian-Chinese artist Yee Bon are still missing. According to a press release, the ...

Francesco Guardi "Palace stairs", II half of XVIII ... German press reports - particularly in the context of the recently discovered collection of Nazi-looted art in Munich - and repeated calls, ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Francesco Guardi’s total sales are going up, and if ...

The piece by Venetian artist Francesco Guardi, entitled "Palace Stairs", was taken shortly after Germany invaded. The small painting depicts noblemen talking at the grand stairs of Venice's Doge ...