Cortile della Casa Salviati, Venice
1839
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1839
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Cortile della Casa Salviati, Venice is a 1839 watercolor by Lake Price, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A woman in a red dress stands at the top of a wide stone staircase, looking down. Below her, a boy in blue leans over the railing. The buildings around them have arched doorways, crumbling brick walls, and ivy climbing up the sides. The sky is bright, with a few clouds and birds flying. The painting mixes soft watercolor washes with sharp details, like the woman’s dress or the steps. The light hits the buildings unevenly, making some parts glow while others stay in shadow. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this painting fits into that movement.
A watercolour depicting the courtyard of Casa Salviati in Venice, signed and dated 1839 by Lake Price.
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William Frederick Lake Price (1810–1896) was an English watercolourist and an innovator in mid-nineteenth-century photography.
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