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Francesco Tironi

View of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Churches of the Scalzi and Santa Lucia

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Description

Maker

Francesco Tironi (Italian, 1745 - ca. 1800)

Title

View of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Churches of the Scalzi and Santa Lucia

Year

1700s

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

canvas

Geography

Place Made: Italy

Dimensions

51.8 x 83.8 cm (20 3/8 x 33 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label

Marks: On the back of the painting, in the upper left corner of the frame there appears to be the bottom portion of a Roman numeral five, probably in black pen.Below this, in the upper left corner of the stretcher, there is anotherRoman numeral five, alsoprobably in black pen, followed by the accession number in red.On the upper center of the verso of the canvas, there is a possible pencil mark.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Ives Goddard, Jr.

Object Number

42.042

Type

Paintings

Exhibition History

European Galleries

Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

Centuries of cultural wealth lured tourists to Venice in the 1700s. No other city in Europe rivaled the theatrical setting of its geography and architecture. Artists such as Francesco Tironi perfected a type of urban landscape painting that served collectors’ desires to possess a part of this unique travel experience. Called vedute (views), these compositions captured the light and movement of Venice and documented the social and commercial activities of its canals. This view of the northern end of the Grand Canal features the church façades of the Scalzi at far right and Santa Lucia at center.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Francesco Tironi (Italian, 1745 - ca. 1800)

View of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Churches of the Scalzi and Santa Lucia, 1700s

Oil on canvas

51.8 x 83.8 cm (20 3/8 x 33 inches)

Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Ives Goddard, Jr. 42.042

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