The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo, Venice
follower of Michiel Giovanni Marieschi (Venice 1696 – Venice 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
486 x 688 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771238
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo, Venice, Italian (Venetian) School, late 18th century. View across Grand Canal to an island. At centre of island stands domed cathedral of San Simeone, steps lead up to portico at front. In foreground gondolas, some open, some covered, carrying passenters to island. Michele Marieschi (1696-1743) was born in Venice and specialised in vedute and capriccio paintings. He trained his own son Jacopo (1711-1791) and taught Francesco Albotto (ca. 1723-1758). This painting shows across the Grand Canal a view of the church S. Simeone Piccolo in Venice. On the Canal lower right is a boat with an awning while the rest of it is dotted with a few gondolas. The brushwork recalls the influence of major vedute painters of the time including Canaletto and Francesco Guardi even though dominate some essential characteristic of Marieschi's art. The thick impasto and somehow neat handling of the paint indicate this work was probably made at the end of the 18th century. [From V&A description]
Provenance
On loan from V&A (Forster Bequest)
Marks and inscriptions
F11
Makers and roles
follower of Michiel Giovanni Marieschi (Venice 1696 – Venice 1743), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Italian (Venetian) School , publisher