Tag: Venice
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Martin Packford, Theodore and The Lion 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #46
Theodore and the Lion refers to the two columns outside the Palazzo Ducale, named after two patron saints of Venice. The Column of the Lion and the Column of St. Theodore of Amasea, now located in Piazzetta San Marco, are examples of works coming from the East. They come out of the Venetian participation in…
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Noel Georges Bouvard, The Doge’s Palace 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #47
Noel Georges Bouvard, (French, 1912–1975) The Doge’s Palace and the columns of St. Theodore and the Lion of Venice Oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm. (19.7 x 25.6 in.) Private collection Theodore and the Lion refers to the two columns outside the Palazzo Ducale, named after two patron saints of Venice. The Column of…
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Moses Bianchi, Gondola on the canal 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #45
Chioggia is a coastal town and commune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice. Mosè Bianchi ( Monza , 1840-1904) was an Italian painter and printmaker. Bianchi’s family moved from Monza to Milan and he enrolled…
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Dietz Edzard, Carnival in Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #44
Dietz Edzard, (German/Paris, 1893-1963) Carnival in Venice, 1958 Oil on canvas 25-1/2″ x 31-1/2 Private collection The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world-famous for its elaborate masks Dietz…
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Félix Ziem, VENICE, SUNRISE OVER BACINO DI SAN MARCO 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #42
Félix Ziem, 1821-1911, FRENCH VENICE, SUNRISE OVER BACINO DI SAN MARCO Oil on canvas 21 3/8 by 27 3/4 in., 54.3 by 70.5 cm Private collection Félix Ziem was the painter of Venice par excellence. In Venice, Sunrise over Bacino di San Marco, Ziem has positioned the viewer on the Molo, evidenced by the piers…
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Federico del Campo, CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA, VENICE, 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #43
Federico del Campo, 1837 – 1923, PERUVIAN LA CHIESA GESUATI FROM THE CANALE DELLA GIUDECCA, VENICE, c. 1887 Oil on canvas 15½ by 26 in., 39.5 by 66 cm Private collection This painting captures the Zattere, meaning raft, built as a dock in the early sixteenth century to accommodate the delivery of timber for ships and buildings. Painted…
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Eugène Galien-Laloue, L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 35 – With Footnotes
Eugène Galien-Laloue, 1854-1941, FRENCH L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE Gouache and watercolour over pencil on paper 18.5 by 30cm., 7¼ by 11¾in. Private collection The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place…
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Léon Lemaître, LES HALLES, PARIS 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 34 – With Footnotes
Léon Lemaître, 1850 – 1905, FRENCH LES HALLES, PARIS Oil on panel 15.5 by 27cm., 6 by 10¾in. Private collection Les Halles was the traditional central market of Paris. In 1183, King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the marketplace in Paris and built a shelter for the merchants, who came from all over to sell their wares.…
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Karl Wagner, Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #41
Karl Wagner, (1839 – 1923) Venice Oil on canvas 20”h, 32-1/4”w. Private collection Karl Ludwig Friedrich Wagner , also Carl Wagner (born May 8, 1839 in Karlsruhe , † August 15, 1923 in Dusseldorf ), was a German painter. From 1854 to 1864 he was a student with Ludwig Des Coudres at the Art Academy Karlsruhe…
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Alfred Stieglitz, Venetian Canal 01 Photograph of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #40
Alfred Stieglitz, (1864–1946) Venetian Canal or A Bit of Venice, c. 1898 Toned photogravure 7 x 4 3/4 in. (17.7 x 12 cm) Public domain A Bit of Venice was photographed in the early summer of 1894 and published in New York several times later in the same decade. The striking photograph summarizes the results of…
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Antonietta Brandeis, VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #39
Antonietta Brandeis, MISKOVICE 1849 – 1926 FLORENCE, VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON Oil on panel 5 3/4 by 9 5/8 in.; 14.6 by 24.5 cm. Private collection Antonietta Brandeis (also known as Antonie Brandeisova and Antonio Brandeis) (1848–1926), was a Czech-born Italian landscape, genre and portrait painter, as well as a painter of religious subjects…
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Antonietta Brandeis, The Bridge of Sighs 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #38
Antonietta Brandeis, 1849 – 1920, CZECH The Bridge of Sighs Oil on panel 21.5 by 12cm., 8½ by 4¾in. (2) Private collection The Bridge of Sighs is an enclosed bridge made of white limestone. It has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge’s…
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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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Franz Richard Unterberger, RIO DEI OGNISSANTI WITH SANTA MARIA DEL ROSARIO, VENICE 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, Antoine Bouvard, with foot notes. #36
Franz Richard Unterberger, 1837 – 1902, AUSTRIAN RIO DEI OGNISSANTI WITH SANTA MARIA DEL ROSARIO, VENICE Oil on canvas 78.5 by 119.5cm., 31 by 47in. Private collection Painted from the Rio dei Ognissanti looking north west, facing the Ponte Trevisan with the church of Santa Maria del Rosario in the background. More on this painting The…
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FLINT Sir William Russell, The Palace with green posts 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #33
FLINT Sir William Russell, 1880-1969 (United Kingdom) The Palace with green posts, c. 1928 Watercolor on paper Private Collection The Doge’s Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former…
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Antoine Bouvard, A view of Venice 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, Antoine Bouvard, with foot notes. #35
Antoine Bouvard, (French, 1870-1956) A view of Venice Oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 25 1/2in (50.2 x 64.8cm) 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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ANTONIO ERMOLAO PAOLETTI, (1834-1912), ITALIAN, SELLING CRABS 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #34
ANTONIO ERMOLAO PAOLETTI, (1834-1912), ITALIAN SELLING CRABS Oil on panel 6.75″ x 10.75″ — 17.1 x 27.3 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…
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John Frederick Lewis, (1805–1876), The Rialto Bridge, c. 1827 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #32
John Frederick Lewis, (1805–1876) The Rialto Bridge, c. 1827 Watercolor Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Museum The Rialto Bridge (Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as…
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01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, footnotes # 16
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, VENICE 1696 – 1770 MADRID PORTRAIT OF A LADY AS FLORA Oil on canvas 88.3 x 69.9 cm.; 34 3/4 x 27 1/2 in Private collection This is one of only a very small number of paintings of beautiful women in fancy dress by Tiepolo to have survived. Though they occupy only a…
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #31
Raoul Dufy, 1877 – 1953 SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, VENISE, c. 1938. Watercolor and gouache on wove Arches paper 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in., 50 by 65.5 cm Private Collection Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at…
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