Tag: Canals of Venice
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Antonio Reyna, ST MARK’S SQUARE, VENICE 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #37
Antonio Reyna, 1859 – 1937, SPANISH ST MARK’S SQUARE, VENICE Oil on canvas 35.5 by 75cm., 14 by 29½in. Private collection Piazza San Marco or St. Mark’s Square is the main public square in Venice. The Piazza is located in front of the great Byzantine church known as Basilica di San Marco. This Piazza is surrounded by…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #24
Antonietta Brandeis, (Czechoslovakian, 1849-1910) The Dogana, Venezia Oil on panel 12 x 21.4cm (4 3/4 x 8 7/16in). Private collection During the fifteenth century, developments in Venice’s commercial activities led to the Sea Customs House, which had previously been near the Arsenal, being transferred to the western point of Dorsoduro. The building as it stands…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #23
Antonietta Brandeis (Czechoslovakian, 1849-1910) Palazzo Albrizzi, Venezia Oil on panel 46.2 x 27.3cm (18 3/16 x 10 3/4in). Private collection Palazzo Albrizzi (or Palazzo Bonomo Albrizzi ) is a palace in Venice , located in the San Polo district , near the Ponte delle Tette and not far from Campo San Polo and Sant’Aponal . Before…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #16
Antonio Ermolao Paoletti, (1834–1912) A Venetian beauty, c. 1912 Oil on canvas 61 x 90.5 cm Private Collection Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (May 8, 1834 in Venice – December 13, 1912 in Venice) was an Italian painter, mainly of Venetian genre scenes, recalling Bamboccianti life of children and women, as well as sacred fresco work for churches in…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #15
Bernardo Bellotto, VENICE 1722 – 1780 WARSAW VENICE, PIAZZA SAN MARCO LOOKING EAST TOWARDS THE BASILICA Oil on canvas 61 x 92.7 cm.; 24 x 36 1/2 in. Private collection The artist trained in the studio of his uncle, Canaletto, and by the age of sixteen was producing work of such quality that it was indistinguishable…
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05 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #13
David Roberts, R.A., EDINBURGH 1796 – 1864 LONDON VENICE, APPROACH TO THE GRAND CANAL, c. 1855 Oil on canvas 25 1/2 by 45 1/2 in.; 64.8 by 115.6 cm. Private Collection David Roberts RA (b Stockbridge [now a district of Edinburgh], 24 Oct. 1796; d London, 25 Nov. 1864). Scottish painter. He was apprenticed to a…
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05 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #12
Antoine Bouvard, (French, 1870-1956) Venetian gondolier and canal bridge Oil on canvas 50.5 x 66cm (19 7/8 x 26in) Private collection Antoine Bouvard, St. Jean-de-Bournay, 1870 – 1956 was a French landscape painter. He studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Constant-Dufeus and became director of a. government agency of architecture. In his paintings he…
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05 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #11
Umberto Ongania, (Italian, born 1875 – 1942) A Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice Oil on canvas 28 x 36cm (11 x 14 3/16in Private collection On the first Sunday of September takes place the Historical Regatta (“Regata Storica”), a competition between Venetian boats watched by thousands of people from the banks or from floating stands.…
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09 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #10
Edward William Cooke, 1811 – 1880 A Venetian veduta with Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1851 Oil on canvas 44 x 76 cm Private collection Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city…