Top 10 highest priced artworks sold in 2011

By Zhang Junmian
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   Francesco Guardi's Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North...

   弗朗西斯科•瓜尔迪《威尼斯：从德尔碳步行道看里奥多桥之景致》

 Hammer Price: US$38.26 million


"Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon", hammered for US$38.26 million on July 6 at Sotheby's London. The oil sketch of Venice's Grand Canal, 115cm x 199.5cm, is one of the four similar works completed in the late 1760s by Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), an Italian painter of veduta. The four works are generally recognized as Guardi's greatest masterpieces.

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