GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)A capriccio with the church of the RedentoreGIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)A capriccio with the church of the Redentoresigned and dated 'A Canal F. / 1744' ('AC' linked, lower left)oil on canvas39 1/4 x 51 in. (99.7 x 129.5 cm.)in an 18th Century English frame, adapted by Arnold Wiggins & Sons in 1990来源: 细节 GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-1768)A capriccio with the church of the Redentoresigned and dated A Canal F. / 1744 (AC linked, lower left)oil on canvas39 1/4 x 51 in. (99.7 x 129.5 cm.)in an 18th Century English frame, adapted by Arnold Wiggins & Sons in 1990 来源 Commissioned by Joseph Smith, later British Consul in Venice (c.1682-1770), Venice, as one of a series of overdoors for his residence in Venice, Palazzo Balbi, and included in his list of Door Pieces as 11. The church of the Redentore by ditto [i.e., Palladio]’ in his manuscript inventory of the pictures sold with his collection in 1762 to King George III, by whom disposed of, possibly through Richard Dalton.An English family since the 19th century and by descent until, [The Property of a Gentleman]; Sothebys, London, 6 July 1988, lot 53.Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above. 出版 W.G. Constable, Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1962, II, p. 402, under no. 451, and p. 410, under no. 465; 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Links, Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1976, II, p. 433, under no. 451, and pp. 441-442, no. 465; 2nd edition with supplement, Oxford, 1989, I, pl. 237, II, p. 739, no. 459***.J.G. Links, A Supplement to W.G. Constable’s Giovanni Antonio Canal, Canaletto, 1697-1768, London, 1997, p. 43, no. 459**.