Posted on 08/19/2021 8:26:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
A mid-18th century Canaletto painting titled "Venice, The Dogana from the Bacino di San Marco," is headed for auction after the long-lost artwork was found hanging in the English home of a recently deceased woman whose mother bought it 100 years ago. Photo by Gorringe's/Facebook ==============================================================================
Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A Canaletto painting thought lost by experts is going up for auction after appraisers found it hanging in the English home of a recently deceased woman.
British auction house Gorringe's said appraisers spotted the painting hanging in the Lewes, England, home of a recently deceased woman whose mother purchased the artwork in 1920.
The painting, titled Venice, The Dogana from the Bacino di San Marco, depicts the Dogana da Mar, an old customs building in Venice, Italy. The painting is believed to date from the mid-18th century.
The auction house said the deceased owner of the painting apparently was aware of the artist's identity, but did not want to sell the artwork.
The painting is expected to sell for up to $200,000 when it is auctioned Sept. 28.
"Bearing in mind larger paintings by the artist sell for millions, this is an opportunity for a collector to buy at a relatively affordable price," Philip Taylor, managing partner at Gorringe's, told The Telegraph.
"We are expecting great interest for a work by a celebrated artist that is fresh to the market after 100 years."
Was thinking the same thing.
Will greatly exceed the pre-sale estimate.
Most times they do, not always though...............
Ping!..............
Hunter painted this?
A bit like the plot to one of the D. B. Strike episodes.
LOL!.............................
I guess the old lady couldn’t get to the Antiques Roadshow ....
More than a Hunter Biden original?
Less
Just a hunch..
Yep!....................
Hunter Biden... the Jackson Pollock of our time..................
Yes, lots more.
A relatively affordable price for me is free. Everything hanging on these walls was free from the parks and wildlife dept., an old school building, a storage shed and a couple I did that are hidden away in the bathroom.
Stuck together pages of old Playboys don’t count.....................
I remember years ago being at the Vatican museum and some German tourist kept saying that it was ridiculous that there was so much wealth and the Vatican museum and the should auction off those paintings and other treasures so that they can use the proceeds to feed the hungry.
I told him I had a better idea. How about we invite all the people in the world who can afford to buy those treasures to an “auction”, And then instead of selling them paintings ask them to feed the hungry?
That way people like us can still enjoy the art instead of having it hidden in some millionaire’s mansion.
The color, the drawing and the rendering are superb, far better than I could ever do.
But there is something that seems off.
Look at the smaller building on the left.
The perspective seems off. The groundline would have to be curved in order for that building to be at that angle.
But, hey, this painter’s work is earning a shopping cart full of bills, and I haven’t sold much of mine ever back when I produced art.
Looks like the picture needs a cleaning.
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