Master Paintings Evening Sale
Master Paintings Evening Sale
FRANCESCO ZANIN | VENICE, VIEW OF THE PALAZZO DUCALE; VENICE, VIEW OF THE SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO
Auction Closed
January 30, 12:05 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FRANCESCO ZANIN
Nove 1824 - 1884 Venice
VENICE, VIEW OF THE PALAZZO DUCALE;
VENICE, VIEW OF THE SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO
The former signed and dated lower left: Zanin Fran:co. 1862;
The latter signed and inscribed lower left: 13 Zanin Fran:co
a pair, both oil on canvas
the former: 17⅝ by 25¾ in.; 44.8 by 65.5 cm.
the latter: 17⅝ by 25⅝ in.; 44.7 by 65.2 cm.
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Francesco Zanin is renowned as a painter of Venetian scenes, and was a faithful follower in the great tradition of vedute established in the previous century by Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, and his pupil and nephew Bernardo Bellotto.
In response to the great demand for these types of paintings, Zanin repeated some compositions several times – he executed 33 versions of the view of the Scuola Grande di San Marco (the present is numbered 13), closely following a composition first made popular by Bellotto, whose painting from circa 1740 is today in the Accademia, Venice (inv. no. 494).