This article investigates the history and the movements of the two Canaletto’s Capricci, originally commissioned for Villa Giovanelli in Noventa Padovana (1723), during 18th and 19th centuries. Firstly, new archive findings rewrite the history of the decoration of the Villa, testifying a disposition of the two Canaletto’s paintings in the main hall that changes the thoughts about the original arrangement of the 18th Century decorations in the Villa. Then, other documents describe the events that occurred to the Capricci, from their purchase and removal by the paduan antique dealer Giuseppe Rizzoli in the 19th Century to their consequential sale to the Russian architect Alberto Cavos in Saint Petersburg (1846). Fourteen years later, Rizzoli sells to the same Cavos also six canvases painted by Francesco Battaglioli and Francesco Zugno from Palazzo Mocenigo in Padua.

I Capricci di Canaletto per i Giovanelli e l'attività di Giuseppe Rizzoli, antiquario

Emanuele Principi
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This article investigates the history and the movements of the two Canaletto’s Capricci, originally commissioned for Villa Giovanelli in Noventa Padovana (1723), during 18th and 19th centuries. Firstly, new archive findings rewrite the history of the decoration of the Villa, testifying a disposition of the two Canaletto’s paintings in the main hall that changes the thoughts about the original arrangement of the 18th Century decorations in the Villa. Then, other documents describe the events that occurred to the Capricci, from their purchase and removal by the paduan antique dealer Giuseppe Rizzoli in the 19th Century to their consequential sale to the Russian architect Alberto Cavos in Saint Petersburg (1846). Fourteen years later, Rizzoli sells to the same Cavos also six canvases painted by Francesco Battaglioli and Francesco Zugno from Palazzo Mocenigo in Padua.
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