1414
Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto, also called Canaletto
(Venice 1720 - 1780 Warsaw)
„Hall Architecture “
ink on paper; unframed
34 x 23 cm
Provenance
Collection of Michael Mayr (1796–1870), Eisenstadt; Michaela Fajt, born Mayr (1823–1909), daughter of Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt; Marianna Fajt (1860–1946), granddaughter of Michael Mayr, Eisenstadt; Collection of Prof. Fritz Weninger (1892–1981), painter and restorer, Vienna
Collection of Prof. Fritz Weninger (1892–1981), painter and restorer, Vienna
(most sheets bear the collector's stamp FW);
Gallery closure of Wolfdietrich Hassfurther
Literature
Die Sammlung des Theatermalers Michael Mayr (1796–1870). Architektur- und Theaterblätter. Exhibition Catalogue, 15 May – 8 July 1984, Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Wien I., Herrengasse 9; Katalog des Niederösterreichischen Landesmuseums, Neue Folge Nr. 148, Vienna 1984, Cat. No. 36 e
Price: € 3.300 incl. fees and if applicable Droit de Suite
buy nowThe Morgan Library's inventory catalogue lists several sheets from the Michael Mayr Collection as works by Bernardo Bellotto. Particularly comparable to the sheets presented here (cat. no. 1414–1419) are the drawings ‘Left side of a palace hall with a double staircase’ (23.5 x 38.8 cm, inv. no. 1982.75.68) and ‘Right half of a hall in a Roman palace’ (30 x 24.3 cm, 1982.75.69). The catalogue raisonné published in 1972 also devotes an entire chapter to several sheets originally from the Mayr Collection, as some of them are marked ‘CANALETI’. According to tradition, the painter Lorenzo Sacchetti (1759–1836) is said to have brought the works to Vienna. However, the author points to the difficulty of researching this matter and leaves the final attribution open (comp. Stefan Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto genannt Canaletto. Volume II, Recklinghausen 1972, pp. 515–517, illus. no. Z 511–515).