The Piazzetta, Venice
Italian (Venetian) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on panel in a giltwood frame
Measurements
476 x 395 mm
Place of origin
Venice
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814206
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Piazzetta, Venice, Italian School, 18th century. View of the Piazzetta in Venice, the Doge's Palace to left, column with lion of St Mark in centre and column with statue of St Theodore and his dragon to right. Peopled by bewigged gentlemen, peasants and children. Ship masts and dome of San Giorgio Maggiore in background.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection; William Wolryche-Whitmore (1787-1858) and Lady Lucy (1792-1840) in Italy; given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Marks and inscriptions
80 (in chalk)
Makers and roles
Italian (Venetian) School , artist