PITTORE DEL XIX SECOLO

View of the basin of San Marco with the Doge's Palace Oil on copper, 20X30 cm The pair of oil on copper paintings, datable around the end of the 19th century, depict two views of Venice: the basin of San Marco with the Doge's Palace seen from Riva degli Schiavoni and the Salute Church. The works are made with great quality, harking back to 18th-century painting and inspired by the pictorial genre that was extraordinarily successful. Artists such as Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Michele Marieschi, and Bernardo Bellotto contributed to creating a true collective imagination of the city. The extraordinary production was intended to satisfy the demand of new collectors, connoisseurs and those who wanted an elegant souvenir of the city. During the following centuries, the spread of these works did not slow down at all, and not a few masters continued to paint Venetian architecture and canals according to the typical viewpoints of the time.