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Dimensions: 18 3/4 by 28 5/8 in; 47.6 by 72.7cm

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Provenance: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, March 24, 1976, lot 31 (as dated 1733, sold as a pair with The Piazza de Popolo, Rome);
With Colnaghi, London;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, December 10, 1986, lot 41 (sold as a pair with The Piazza del Popolo, Rome);
With Richard Green, London;
By whom (anonymously) sold, New York, Sotheby's, January 14, 1988, lot 160 (sold as a pair with The Piazza del Popolo, Rome);
There purchased by the present collector.

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Literature: A. Busiri-Vici, Peter, Hendrik e Giacomo Van Lint, Rome 1987, p. 158, no. 183, reproduced (as signed and dated 1750, with incorrect measurements and sale date).

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Notes: Hendrick Van Lint's Venetian views are rare and it is generally surmised that he probably never visited Venice, but based his views of that city on drawings and engravings by other artists. His Venice vedute were sometimes conceived as pendants to views of Rome. Indeed, the present painting was paired with a view of the Piazza del Popolo, Rome (see this sale, Lot 111), though it is not known if they were originally conceived as a pair or brought together at a later date. At the time of the 1976 sale (see Provenance below), the present painting was catalogued as dated 1733, however, by the time of the 1986 sale, a precise date was no longer discernable. In 1987, Busiri-Vici (see Literatue below) listed the present painting as signed and dated 1750.