Collection H. Nian, Dublin.

The canvas has been relined, the paint surface is clean and the varnish is clear and even. The impasto in the clouds and the figures' costumes, for instance, is well-preserved. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals a milky, opaque varnish and only very minor retouching along the upper and lower margins, but no other intervention. In overall excellent condition.
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Michele Marieschi painted several versions of this view, some of which include the quay and figures in the foreground, while others appear to be executed from a position on the canal itself, with the busy traffic of gondolas in front of the viewer. This is a copy after a composition by Marieschi with figures by Gian Antonio Guardi, with some small variations in the disposition of some of the staffage on the far bank and the number of chimney pots, sold London, Christie's, 13 December 1985, lot 101.¹ 

1. See F. Montecuccoli degli Erri and F. Pedrocco, Michele Marieschi, Milan 1999, p. 389, no. 161🍒, reproduced in colour.