View Of Venice With Ca' Foscari, Venetian Master 18th And 19th Centuries

Venetian master active between the 18th and 19th centuries
Gabriele Bella (Venice 1730 - Venice 1799) circle

View of Venice with Ca' Foscari on the Grand Canal and the mouth of the Rio Novo


Oil on canvas

50 x 60 cm
Framed 58 x 69 cm.

In very good overall condition

The particular view of Venice immortalised in our painting, atypical with respect to the normal catalogue of 18th and 19th century Venetian views, illustrates in the foreground the 15th-century façade of Palazzo Foscari (today the seat of the University) situated in the anointed area that intersects the Grand Canal and the Rio Novo.

One of the most unique examples of Venetian Gothic architecture, located in the heart of the lagoon city, the palace was commissioned by Francesco Foscari, one of the most important Doges the Republic ever had.

The façade of ‘Ca’ Foscari', as it is also called, is reminiscent in structure of the Doge's Palace, with the beautiful second-floor loggia with eight openings, above which is a stone frieze with the doge's family coat of arms and a jousting helmet with a lion with spread wings.

Thanks to its location, which allows the view to sweep from the Rialto Bridge to the Accademia Galleries, the second floor was chosen by many painters (such as Canaletto, Michele Marieschi, Francesco Guardi) as a place to paint views of the Grand Canal.

This work was presumably taken from the series of prints published in the 17th century, most famously those by Luca Carlevaris in the collection entitled ‘Le fabriche, e vedute di Venetia disegnate, poste in prospettiva et intagliate da Luca Carlevarijs’ (Reale 1995, pp. 17-47), which constituted the starting point and fundamental model for Venetian vedutismo, and borrowed from the major painters of the 18th century, including Marieschi, Canaletto and Bellotto.

Although it is difficult to identify the hand of our author with certainty, we can however see strong correspondences with the works of Gabriele Bella (Venice 1730 - 1799), one of the protagonists of the grandiose season of 18th century Venetian vedutismo.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The painting is sold complete with an attractive gilded frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic card.

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