A Gondolier
1700
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1700
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This shows a gondolier in a yellow-brown coat, bent forward with his left arm out. The brushwork is loose, like a quick outdoor sketch. He looks ready to step onto a gondola any second. It’s part of a set of fifty-three studies Carlevarijs made in Venice. He painted these figures outside, then used them later in bigger works. See it for yourself at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
