Beautiful oil painting on canvas depicting children on the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice, by the well-known Venetian artist Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (1834-1912), signed in the lower right.
This beautiful landscape captures a suggestive view of the banks of the Grand Canal, with three children playing in the foreground and the canal scene crowded with sailboats and gondoliers in the background. In the distance, the facades of San Marco, the Doge's Palace, Santa Maria Della Salute, and the spiral tower of the Campanile di San Marco complete the painting.
Accompanied by its original and beautiful golden frame.
Conditions:
In truly excellent condition, please see the photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 89 x Width 114 x Depth 10 - Frame
Height 55 x Width 80 - Canvas
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 feet, 11 inches x Width 3 feet, 9 inches x Depth 4 inches - Frame
Height 1 foot, 10 inches x Width 2 feet, 7 inches - Canvas
Antonio Ermolao Paoletti
(May 8, 1834 in Venice - December 13, 1912 in Venice) was an Italian painter, mainly of Venetian genre scenes, recalling the life of the children of the Bamboccianti, as well as sacred frescoes for Venetian churches.
Antonio's father, Ermolao Paoletti, was a well-known scholar and writer about Venice. He wrote a much-cited guide to its architecture, monuments, artistic works, and customs. He also wrote and recorded the Venetian dialect. He was an engraver and painter and was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.
Antonio attended a course at the Academy as a pupil of Pompeo Marino Molmenti and as a colleague of the sculptor Antonio Dal Zotto and the Armenian painter and engraver Edgar Chahine.
He exhibited in various exhibitions, including Milan in 1872, where he exhibited Ecco come va il vino nelle messe (Here's how the wine goes at mass); at the Turin Exhibition of 1884: Fiori per la Santa Vergine (Flowers for the Holy Virgin) and Fa 'caro al nonno (He is dear to grandfather) at the Promotrice Popolana Venicena of 1884; the pesce addenti (biting fish), and in 1885, Il venditore di pesce (The fish seller).
Among his numerous frescoes is the high altarpiece depicting the Madonna del Rosario with Saint Anthony and Saint Materno (1863) for the parish church of Melara.
Like his father, Antonio also became a professor at the Academy.
