Artist Active In Venice At The End Of The 19th Century, View Of Venice, Oil On Canvas, Cm 54×70

Artist active in Venice at the end of the 19th century

View of Venice
Oil on canvas, cm 54×70

In a gilded and carved wooden frame

The painting, in excellent state of conservation, shows a wide Venetian canal crossed by gondolas and transport boats, with a round-arched brick bridge connecting the two banks. On the right, tall residential buildings in ochre, pink and ivory tones succeed one another, animated by small figures; on the left stands a tall reddish bell tower and, in the background, a second lighter bell tower against the blue sky with light clouds.

The work belongs to the tradition of Venetian vedutism of the post-Canaletto era, highly sought after in the tourist and collectors' market of the 19th century, characterized by recognizable views often freely composed.

The light palette and the brilliant rendering of the water surfaces refer to late 19th-century production intended for a bourgeois clientele, in continuity with the success of "views of Venice" created by anonymous masters for the international market.