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365 - William JAMES (English painter, active between 1754 and 1771…
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Estimate €30,000 - €50,000
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William JAMES (English painter, active between 1754 and 1771). View of the Palazzo Labia and the Canareggio Canal, Venice. Oil on canvas. H_102.5 cm W_150 cm Re-stretched and retouched in the sky. In a substantial wooden and gilded stucco frame with a water-leaf motif. Enclosed is a copy of a letter from Mr Dario Succi, stating in 1999, on the basis of an Ektachrome slide, that he considered this view of Canareggio to be a work by William James. Bibliography: - William James, cited as a follower of Canaletto, quoted in Filippo Pedrocco, Views of Venice from Carpaccio to Canaletto, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2001, pp. 144–145. Provenance: - Masters Hervé Chayette and Hubert-Patrick Cheval, auction in Paris, 6 June 2014, lot no. 148.
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About the sale PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART AND COLLECTORS’ ITEMS AT THE DUCAL PALACE IN NEVERS
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Auction time 09/13/2026 at 2:15 PM
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