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Lot 31 · Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries

Recto: View of the Piazzetta, Venice, looking towards S. Giorgio Maggiore Verso: Study for a Madonna and Child and an adoring Saint, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)

Francesco Guardi

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Estimate
$120,000–$180,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, New York · 26 January 2022
Record ID
TB-2026-4997668
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Francesco Guardi, Recto: View of the Piazzetta, Venice, looking towards S. Giorgio Maggiore Verso: Study for a Madonna and Child and an adoring Saint, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Sotheby's, 26 Jan 2022, lot 31. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4997668.

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Francesco Guardi, Recto: View of the Piazzetta, Venice, looking towards S. Giorgio Maggiore Verso: Study for a Madonna and Child and an adoring Saint, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Sotheby's, 26 Jan 2022, lot 31. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4997668.

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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

ArtistLotvs. estimateResult USD, incl. premiumSale
Francesco Guardi Venice, a view of the Piazzetta toward the Libreria, with th $151,200 Christie's, May 2025
Francesco Guardi Capriccio landscape with a ruined arch and figures beside a Sotheby's, Jul 2026
Francesco Guardi The interior courtyard of a Venetian palazzo, with two figur Christie's, Jul 2025
Francesco Guardi Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore Christie's, Jun 2026
Francesco Guardi [no title recorded] Dorotheum, Apr 2026
Francesco Guardi A capriccio of a rustic house by the lagoon ; and A lagoon c Christie's, Feb 2025
Francesco Guardi Venice, a view of the Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo Sotheby's, Jun 2017
Francesco Guardi the island of san cristoforo in the venetian lagoon Sotheby's, May 2018

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