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124 - GIUSEPPE BERNARDINO BISON (ITALIAN 1762-1844)VIEW OF THE ARSENALE, VENICEGouache14 x 19cm (5½ x 7¼in.)Provenance:A French Noble FamilyJean-Luc Baroni Ltd, London, where acquired by the present ownerThe collection of The Honorable C. Boyden GrayExhibited:London, Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison: Views and Capricci in Oil and Gouache from Private Collections, 2013, no. 3This fine gouache by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison is takenfrom the same viewpoint as that by Luca Carlevarijs and Michele Marieschifor their earlier engravings of 1703 and 1741 respectively (see Lot. 113),works that in turn inspired Francesco Guardi’s early oil of the Arsenale, inthe National Gallery, London (1755-60).A fortified shipyard and armoury, the Arsenale had served asa symbol of Venice’s domination of the Mediterranean sea trade since thetwelfth century.Standing guard beside the Arsenale’s main gateway, the threemetre-high white marble Piraeus Lion, symbol of Saint Mark, Venice’s patronsaint, looks down on various groups of figures gathered in the campo.The present work can be compared with anothergouache of this view by Bison, sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 31 January2013, lot 83, for $42,500.
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GIUSEPPE BERNARDINO BISON (ITALIAN 1762-1844)VIEW OF THE ARSENALE, VENICEGouache14 x 19cm (5½ x 7¼in.)Provenance:A French Noble FamilyJean-Luc Baroni Ltd, London, where acquired by the present ownerThe collection of The Honorable C. Boyden GrayExhibited:London, Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison: Views and Capricci in Oil and Gouache from Private Collections, 2013, no. 3This fine gouache by Giuseppe Bernardino Bison is takenfrom the same viewpoint as that by Luca Carlevarijs and Michele Marieschifor their earlier engravings of 1703 and 1741 respectively (see Lot. 113),works that in turn inspired Francesco Guardi’s early oil of the Arsenale, inthe National Gallery, London (1755-60).A fortified shipyard and armoury, the Arsenale had served asa symbol of Venice’s domination of the Mediterranean sea trade since thetwelfth century.Standing guard beside the Arsenale’s main gateway, the threemetre-high white marble Piraeus Lion, symbol of Saint Mark, Venice’s patronsaint, looks down on various groups of figures gathered in the campo.The present work can be compared with anothergouache of this view by Bison, sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 31 January2013, lot 83, for $42,500.
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