Monogrammista E.M.

"Venice, the San Marco Basin" Oil on canvas Signed E.M. and dated 1875 Canvas cm. 70 x 56 frame 86 x 73 The magnificent frontal view of the famous palaces and monuments overlooking the waters of the San Marco Basin. It is the most spectacular and certainly the most iconic image of the City. Venice is depicted in all its unsurpassed and surreal beauty, a dream destination for all travelers. The Molo of the Basin teems with boats and typical characters of the Serenissima, and in the sequence of famous buildings, the National Marciana Library, the Campanile and Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, the Columns of San Marco and San Todaro stand out in order, and on the Riva degli Schiavoni the imposing Palazzo Ducale with the Palazzo delle Prigioni next to it, ending with the buildings that now house the fabulous Hotel Danieli. It is the extraordinary context described in the most important works of the great Venetian masters of the 18th century, among whom Canaletto and Francesco Guardi are the main architects. It is precisely by referring to the finest pictorial technique of the latter that the master executes this excellent composition dated 1875 and signed with the initials E.M. It is evident, in the hand of the Author, in addition to a remarkable miniaturistic ability, an excellent predisposition to architectural compositions with the rendering of a masterly volumetric effect, without forgetting to create on the canvas that fantastic atmosphere that characterizes Venice and its uniqueness. The exceptional pictorial level achieved in the depiction of the multitude of characters crowding the shore of the lagoon waters furrowed by the typical Venetian boats should be emphasized. The painting is in very good condition, still in first canvas, complete with a beautiful finely decorated and gilded contemporary frame FIMA certificate of authenticity. Insured and traceable shipping with shockproof packaging in a wooden case. Delivery throughout Italy within 48 hours and MEC countries within 3 days of the bank transfer (DHL EXPRESS) All the details of the painting on: https://www.antichitaischia.it/it/prodotto/venezia--il-bacino-di-s--marco-