William JAMES (English painter, active between 1754 and 1771 - Lot 365

William JAMES (English painter, active between 1754 and 1771). View of the Labia Palace and the Canareggio Canal, Venice. Oil on canvas. H_102.5 cm W_150 cm Re-stretched and retouched in the sky. In a large wooden frame with gilded stucco and a waterleaf motif. Enclosed is a copy of a letter from Mr. Dario Succi, dated 1999, in which he states—based on an Ektachrome slide—that he considered this view of Canareggio to be a work by William James. Bibliography: - William James, cited as a disciple of Canaletto, quoted in Filippo Pedrocco, Views of Venice from Carpaccio to Canaletto, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2001, pp. 144–145. Provenance: - Masters Hervé Chayette and Hubert-Patrick Cheval, auction in Paris, June 6, 2014, lot no. 148.