Giacomo Guardi, Lot n° 456

CAPRICCIO SOUTH ITALIAN RIVERLANDS WITH STAFFAGEFIGURES Oil on canvas. Doubled. 24 x 35 cm. Unframed. View from a slightly elevated vantage point onto a wide, light path overgrown with vegetation along a river or lake. On it a man with his two mules, a woman holding her child by the hand, and two fishermen standing directly at the water. On the brown hill, to the side of a tree, a seated man in rear view with a red jacket. In the background the wide calm lake with a large sailing boat and the view into the distance to an inhabited shore, under high, partly rugged mountains. The high sky with large white cloud formations. Atmospheric painting in a loose, light brushstroke. (1211182) (3) (18)