Francesco Guardi - Venice, the Bacino di San Marco, with the Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace 1765
Venice, the Bacino di San Marco, with the Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace 1765
69x102CM oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 16.79 million
Auction house: Christie's, London
Sale date: 8 July 2014
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
The view, among the most famous that Venice affords, shows the harbor basin and shipping, and the waterfront from the Mint, at left, to the incomplete façade of the church of the Pietà and beyond.