1740
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice is a 1740 oil by Michele Marieschi, a Baroque work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice is shown in this painting. It's a detailed scene with a lot of architecture. The artist paid close attention to the light and shadows on the buildings, which makes the scene feel real. You can look up the technique of chiaroscuro to learn more about how artists use contrast to create depth.
Probably Sir William Pilkington, 8th Bt. (died 1850), Butterton Hall and Chevet Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, from about 1846 [according to letter from Edward Speelman to Daniel Rich, dated May 8, 1946; copy in curatorial file]; by descent in the Pilkington family to Sir Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 13th Bt. (died 1952), Chevet Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire [according to letter cited above]; sold to Edward Speelman, London, by May 1946 [according to letter cited above, the painting may have had a pendant, now untraced, since a photograph of “A Regatta on the Grand Canal” in the…
Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Canaletto: A retrospective exhibition of the work of Canaletto, October 16-November 15, 1964; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, December 4, 1964-January 10, 1965; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, January 29-February 28, 1965, no. 132. Allentown, Pa., Allentown Art Museum, Circle of Canaletto, February 20-March 21, 1971, no. 34. Williamstown, Mass., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, February 3-April 1, 1973, no cat.
Rodolfo Pallucchini, “Dipinti Veneziani a Chicago, Detroit, Toledo e Hartford,” in Arte Veneta 1 (1947), pp. 146-48, fig. 133. Rodolfo Pallucchini, La pittura veneziana del Settecento, pt. 2 (Bologna: Casa Editrice Prof. Riccardo Pàtron, 1951), p. 208. Daniel Catton Rich, “In a Minor Key,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 47, 2 (1953), p. 33 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, An Illustrated Guide to the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1956), p. 27. Antonio Morassi, “Circa gli esordi del vedutismo di Francesco Guardi con qualche cenno sul…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Michele Marieschi or Michele Giovanni Marieschi, also Michiel (1710 - 18 January 1744), was an Italian painter and engraver.
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