Scene during the Venetian Carnival: Fisticuffs on the Bridge by San Barnaba
Giacomo Franco (Venice 1550 – Venice 1620)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1610
Materials
Pen and brown ink and wash on paper
Measurements
216 x 159 mm (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1251022
Summary
Pen, brown ink and wash drawing on paper, Scene during the Venetian Carnival: Fisticuffs on the Bridge by San Barnaba by Giacomo Franco (Venice 1550 – Venice 1620). One of three ink and wash drawings with Scenes of the Venetian Carnaval, this one showing a crowd with soldiers outside a cathedral. Engraved (anonymously) in reverse for Giacomo Franco's Habiti d'Huomenti et Donne Venetiane (1610) as the Ordine ...nel dare il bastone all' Eccmo General di Mare, Le feste del giovede Grasso, and the Battaglio dei pugni a San Barnaba.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes, Esq. (1902-1981) together with the estate and entire contents of Kingston Lacy
Makers and roles
Giacomo Franco (Venice 1550 – Venice 1620), artist