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Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe Betsy Wieseman, Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture Feb 25 - May 20, 2018 in Cleveland Project #20921 May 9 - July 30, 2017 at the Getty; Sept 10 - December 31, 2017 at Minneapolis updated 10-18-17_mo Ask # Audio Stop Guide Image Lender Inv.# Artist Artist dates Artist Title of object Medium Date Dim's (HxWxL) Dim's (HxWxL) Credit Line Stop nationality unframed framed or culture Gallery 1 - Introduction HuW 12 Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian The Fire at San Marcuola Oil on 1789-90 43 × 62 cm (16 52 × 71.5 cm (20 Lent by Sammlung canvas 15/16 × 24 7/16 1/2 × 28 1/8 in.) Hypovereinsbank, Member of in.) Unicredit 18 1.1508 68.41.11 Canaletto (Giovanni 1697-1768 Italian The Grand Canal in Venice Oil on about 24 1/8 x 36 3/8 Minneapolis Institue of Art, Antonio Canal) from Palazzo Flangini canvas 1740 in. (61.28 x Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones to Campo San Marcuola 92.39 cm) in memory of Herschel V. 2 Jones Gallery 2 - Rulers and Ambassadors 1949.187.2 Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian Pontifical Mass for Pope Oil on 1783 51.4 × 68.8 cm 69.2 × 87 × 11.4 The Cleveland Museum of Pius VI in Ss. Giovanni e canvas (20 1/4 × 27 1/16 cm (27 1/4 × 34 Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund Paolo in.) 1/4 × 4 186 1/2 in.) 1949.187.1 Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian Pope Pius VI Descending the Oil on about 51.4 × 68.8 cm 69.2 × 86.4 × 10.2 The Cleveland Museum of Throne to Take Leave of the canvas 1783 (20 1/4 × 27 1/16 cm (27 1/4 × 34 × Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund Doge in the Hall of Ss. in.) 4 in.) 187 Giovanni e Paolo Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian The Meeting of Pope Pius VI Oil on 1782 50.6 × 67.2 cm 66 × 82 cm (26 × Lent by Guido Bartolozzi and Doge Paolo Renier at canvas (19 15/16 × 26 32 5/16 in.) Antichità SRL San Giorgio in Alga 7/16 in.) 56 Giuseppe Zocchi 1711-1767 Italian The Palio Race in the Campo Oil on 1739 82 × 132 cm (32 102 × 150 cm (40 Lent by the Banca Monte dei in Honor of Grand Duke canvas 5/16 × 51 15/16 3/16 × 59 1/16 Paschi di Siena Francis of Tuscany and in.) in.) 26 Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 1945.15.1 Antonio Joli 1700-1777 Italian The Courtyard of the Doge’s Oil on 1742 or 160.7 × 221.6 181 × 240.7 cm Lent by the National Gallery Palace with the Papal canvas after cm (63 1/4 × 87 (71 1/4 × 94 3/4 of Art, Washington, D.C., Nuncio Giovanni Francesco 1/4 in.) in.) Gift of Mrs. Barbara Hutton, 52 Stoppani and Senators in 1945.15.1 Procession 771297 Michele Marieschi 1710-1744 Italian The Rialto Bridge with the Oil on 1735 163.3 × 252.5 × Lent by Osterley Park, The Festive Entry of the canvas 13.4 cm (64 5/16 Palmer-Morewood Collection, Patriarch Antonio Correr × 99 National Trust (accepted in 41 1 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.) lieu of tax and transferred to the National Trust by Her Majesty’s Government in 1984) Michele Marieschi 1710-1744 Italian Doge Pietro Grimani Oil on About 56.5 × 113 cm 72 × 119 cm (28 Lent by Galerie G. Sarti, Paris Carried into Piazza San canvas 1741 (22 1/4 × 44 1/2 3/8 × 46 7/8 in.) Marco after His Election in.) 8 2.1509 Gallery 3 - Rulers and Ambassadors continued Antonio Joli 1700-1777 Italian King Ferdinand VI and Oil on About 75.5 × 129.4 cm 89.8 × 143 cm (35 Lent from a private collection Queen Maria Barbara of canvas 1752 (29 3/4 × 50 3/8 × 56 5/16 in.) courtesy of Sotheby’s Braganza on the Royal 15/16 in.) 40 Longboat at Aranjuez P04181 Francesco 1722-1796 Italian King Ferdinand VI and Oil on 1756 68 × 112 cm (26 88.1 × 131.6 × 8 Lent by the Museo Nacional Battaglioli Queen Maria Barbara of canvas 3/4 × 44 1/8 in.) cm (34 11/16 × 51 del Prado, Madrid Braganza in the Gardens at 13/16 30 Aranjuez on the Feast of × 3 1/8 in.) Saint Ferdinand P.451 Giovanni Paolo 1691-1765 Italian The Consecration of Oil on 1743-44 198 × 284 cm 213 × 318 × 7 cm Lent by the Musei Civici di Panini Giuseppe Pozzobonelli as canvas (77 15/16 × 111 (83 7/8 × 125 3/16 Como 64 3.1513 Archbishop in San Carlo al 13/16 in.) × 2 Corso 3/4 in.) LR12 Giovanni Paolo 1691-1765 Italian The Interior of Saint Peter's Oil on 1756-57 164.3 × 223.5 204.8 × 262.3 × Lent by the Boston Panini with the Visit of the Duc de canvas cm (64 11/16 × 18.7 cm (80 5/8 × Athenaeum, Purchase 1834 Choiseul 88 in.) 103 1/4 (UR12) 45 2 × 7 3/8 in.) Giovanni Paolo 1691-1765 Italian King Charles III Visiting Oil on About 53 × 79 cm (20 73.8 × 96.5 × 4.5 Lent from a private collection Panini Pope Benedict XIV at the canvas 1744-45 7/8 × 31 1/8 in.) cm (29 1/16 × 38 Coffee House of the Palazzo × 1 3/4 in.) 62 4.1511 del Quirinale 205 Giovanni Paolo 1691-1765 Italian King Charles III Visiting Oil on 1746 124 × 174 cm 137.5 × 185.5 cm Lent by the Museo di Panini Pope Benedict XIV at the canvas (48 13/16 × 68 (54 1/8 × 73 1/16 Capodimonte, Naples Coffee House of the Palazzo 1/2 in.) in.) 24 del Quirinale P07696 Antonio Joli 1700-1777 Italian The Abdication of Charles III Oil on About 77 × 126 cm (30 87.5 × 136 × 6 cm Lent by the Museo Nacional as King of Naples in Favor of canvas 1759 5/16 × 49 5/8 in.) (34 7/16 × 53 9/16 del Prado, Madrid His Son Ferdinand × 2 33 5.1512A 3/8 in.) P00232 Antonio Joli 1700-1777 Italian The Departure of Charles III Oil on 1759 128 × 205 cm 145.8 × 224.6 × 6 Lent by the Museo Nacional from Naples to Become King canvas (50 3/8 × 80 cm (57 3/8 × 88 del Prado, Madrid of Spain 11/16 in.) 7/16 × 2 32 6.1512B 3 3/8 in.) 0844 Lorenzo Quirós 1717-1789 Spanish The Decoration of the Calle Oil on About 111 × 167 cm 120 × 180 cm (47 Lent by the Museo de la Real Platerias for the Entry of canvas 1760 (43 11/16 × 65 1/4 × 70 7/8 in.) Academia de Bellas Artes King Charles III in Madrid 3/4 in.) de San Fernando, Madrid 34 Gallery 4 - Civic and Religious Rituals NG937 Canaletto (Giovanni 1697-1768 Italian The Procession on the Feast Oil on About 147.7 × 199.4 191.5 × 244 × Lent by the National Gallery, Antonio Canal) Day of Saint Roch canvas 1735 cm (58 1/8 × 78 18.5 cm (75 3/8 × London. Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1/2 in.) 96 1/16 × 1876 53 4 7 5/16 in.) ZKW/454 Bernardo Bellotto 1722 - 1780 Italian The Procession of Our Lady Oil on 1778 116 × 164 cm 138.5 × 186.5 cm Lent by The Royal Castle in of Grace in front of canvas (45 11/16 × 64 (54 1/2 × 73 7/16 Warsaw—Museum Krasi ński Palace 9/16 in.) in.) 28 WA1927.1 / Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian The Nocturnal Good Friday Oil on About 48 × 84.5 cm (18 72 × 107 × 10 cm Lent by the Ashmolean A386 Procession in Piazza San canvas 1755 7/8 × 33 1/4 in.) (28 3/8 × 42 1/8 × Museum, Oxford. Marco 3 Presented by Mrs W.F.R. 42 7.1514 15/16 in.) Weldon, 1927 1939.268 Johan Richter 1665-1745 Swedish The Bridge for the Feast of Oil on Before 111 × 139 cm 153 × 185.4 × 14 Lent by the Wadsworth Santa Maria della Salute canvas 1728 (43 11/16 × 54 cm (60 1/4 × 73 × Atheneum Museum of Art, 3/4 in.) 5 1/2 Hartford, CT. 47 in.) The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund 322 Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo in Oil on About 66 × 101 cm (26 81 × 113 cm (31 Lent by the Musée du Louvre, the Corpus Christi canvas 1775 × 39 3/4 in.) 7/8 × 44 1/2 in.) Département des Peintures, Procession in Piazza San Paris 6 Marco Gallery 5 - Festival and Spectacle 86.PA.599 Luca Carlevarijs 1663-1730 Italian The Regatta on the Grand Oil on 1711 135.3 × 259.7 182.9 × 294.6 × The J. Paul Getty Museum Canal in Honor of King canvas cm (53 1/4 × 102 15.2 cm (72 × 116 Frederick IV of Denmark 1/4 in.) × 6 in.) 599 5 321 Francesco Guardi 1712-1793 Italian The Giovedì Grasso Festival Oil on About 66.5 × 100 cm 82 × 115 cm (32 Lent by the Musée du Louvre, in the Piazzetta canvas 1775 (26 3/16 × 39 3/8 5/16 × 45 1/4 in.) Département des Peintures, in.) Paris 7 71.523 Giovanni Paolo 1691-1765 Italian The Decoration of the Piazza Oil on 1745 166.4 × 237.5 196.2 × 268 × 8.9 Lent by the Chrysler Museum Panini Famese for the Celebration canvas cm (65 1/2 × 93 cm (77 1/4 × 105 of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of of the Marriage of the 1/2 in.) 1/2 × 3 Walter P.
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