venice

Paolo Veronese (1528 – 1588)

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Paolo Veronese The Visitation Venice, 1577 Oil on canvas 277.5 x 156 cm Paolo Veronese is one of the most important Venetian painters of the sixteenth century. His paintings have long been popular among British art collectors and The Visitation has a lot to do with why. This painting was one of the altarpieces for … Read more

Ascribed to Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729-1804)

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Ascribed to Pietro Antonio Novelli A Music Party Venice, about 1750 Pen and brown wash over black chalk 25 x 37.3 cm This small scale domestic scene, known as a conservation piece, was characteristic of mid 18th century art. In this example from Venice, the music party takes place during the annual carnival – the … Read more

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Zephyrus and Flora Venice, about 1750 Pen, brown wash and black chalk on paper 23.9 x 33 cm Tiepelo made this drawing as a study for the principal figures in the ceiling fresco he painted for the Room of Mirrors in the Palazzo Labia in Venice. He also produced a small oil … Read more

Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto (1687-1768)

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Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto The Loggetta, Venice Venice, the 1730s Oil on canvas 45.5 x 75.4 cm The Loggetta (1537-40), at the base of the campanile, or bell tower, in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice, was built as a small assembly room. Canaletto’s painting was cut down at an unknown date, perhaps so … Read more