Monsù Desiderio, eigentlich "François de Nomé", um 1593 Metz – nach 1644 Neapel

MARKUSPLATZ Oil on canvas. 54.2 x 107.2 cm. Framed. St. Mark's Square opens up into a panorama with sharp contours. Gondolas float on the water. Clouds gather in the gray sky, while from the left, literally out of nowhere, light falls onto the square and illuminates the lower part of the marble-clad Campanile. The Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Basilica and the lower part of the clock tower are also strongly illuminated, while the Biblioteca Marciana casts a large shadow over the scene. In the scene, the square is the scene of many different activities. After surviving several plague epidemics, the citizens want to take to the streets again. A large number of elegantly dressed figures move across the square while exuberant music plays from the footbridge. A circle of spectators has formed around a dancing acrobat. Provenance: J.H.C. Baring Esq., March 09, 1929, on the stretcher with label. Sotheby's London, 08.12.2005, lot 345. Pintelon Corinne Gallery, Aalst Private collection, Southern Germany. Literature: A.E. Austin, in The Fantastic Visions of Monsu Desiderio, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, exhibition catalog, Sarasota 1950, p. 22, cat. no. 34, fig. 35. Cf. F. Sluys, Didier Barra et François de Nomé dits Monsù Desiderio, Paris 1961, p. 59, cat. no. 14 (without illus.) Cf. M. R. Nappi, François De Nomé e Didier Barra: l'enigma Monsù Desiderio, Milan-Rome 1991, p. 84, cat. no. A 31 (1401253). Monsù Desiderio, actually "François de Nomé", ca. 1593 Metz - after 1644 Naples SAINT MARK'S SQUARE Oil on canvas. 54.2 x 107.2 cm. Provenance: J.H.C. Baring Esq., 09 March 1929, with label on the stretcher. Sotheby's London, 08.12.2005, lot 345. Pintelon Corinne Gallery, Aalst Private collection, Southern Germany. Literature: A.E. Austin, in The Fantastic Visions of Monsu Desiderio, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, Sarasota 1950, p. 22, cat. no. 34, ill. 35. (†)