Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) late 1720s Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 112.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most celebrated view painter of eighteenth-century Venice, Canaletto was particularly popular with British visitors to the…
Consecrated: 1681 Address: Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://basilicasalutevenezia.it/ La Salute in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Santa Maria della Salute s.d. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute c.1730 Museum…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute c.1835 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 122.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Turner drew on his considerable experience as a marine painter and the brilliance…
Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1478 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 171 x 85.5 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Antonello da Messina set the martyrdom of St. Sebastian in Venice, as can be seen from the waterways…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo morto sostenuto dagli angeli (Dead Christ Supported by Three Angels) c.1476 Oil on panel, 145 x 85 cm Museo Correr, Venezia Nothing is known about this masterpiece before it became part of the Teodoro Correr collection;…
(c.1430–1479) The artist’s works: Crocifissione 1455 Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Madonna Salting c.1460–1469 National Gallery, London Cristo benedicente c.1465 National Gallery, London Ritratto di giovane c.1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ritratto d’uomo c.1472–1476 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna del Rosario 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina Polittico…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Dedalo e Icaro (Daedalus and Icarus) 1777–1779 Marble, 182 x 95 cm Museo Correr, Venezia This famous sculpture, his first large one in marble, is the masterpiece of Antonio Canova‘s Venetian youth. It was created for the procurator…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Euridice (Eurydice) 1775–1776 Marble, 203 x 54 x 56 cm Museo Correr, Venezia Companion: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Orfeo 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Orfeo (Orpheus) 1775–1776 Marble, 203 x 54 x 56 cm Museo Correr, Venezia Companion: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Euridice 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia