1700
oil
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Upper Section of a Church with a Hexagonal Dome and Two Towers is a 1700 oil by Luca Carlevarijs, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a church’s upper walls, a six-sided dome, and two tall bell towers. The light hits the stone just right, making shadows dance. The artist used tiny brushstrokes to catch the weathered texture. It’s one of 53 sketches in an album. Figures were painted outside first, then added later. The dome’s shape feels grand but simple. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this work in person.
A study by Luca Carlevarijs from around 1700 focuses on the upper section of a church featuring a hexagonal dome and two bell towers, part of an album of fifty-three sketches. The album includes outdoor figure studies intended for later use in formal compositions. This work belongs to a series of quick oil sketches known as macchiette, which Carlevarijs created after drawing subjects from life. Such studies served as preparatory elements for his later Venetian veduta paintings.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice.
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