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  • Vikki Griffin

Vikki Griffin

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Norwegian, Bergen 1788–1857 Dresden / The Met

    Dahl first painted this prospect in 1816 (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg)
    In reprising it for the present work he doubled the size of the canvas, omitting incidental details and heightening its atmospheric effect.
    This placid scene, conceived as the pendant to a far wilder, natural one, Tyrolean Landscape with a Waterfall (1823; private collection), remained unsold at the artist's death.

The Departure of the Gondola

Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice / The Met

    This painting is about life in Venice.
    The artist was in Spain with his father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, when he painted this.
    The painting is exceptional because of the delicate paint handling.

Santa Maria della Salute

Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice / The Met

    One of the most famous sites in Venice, Baldassare Longhena's church of Santa Maria della Salute (consecrated in 1687) is flanked on the left by the Seminario Patriarcale and on the right by the Abbazia di San Gregorio, near the end of the Grand Canal towards the Bacino di San Marco.
    The baroque church dominates the entrance to the canal.
    The canvas has as a pendant a view of the Grand Canal above the Rialto Bridge (71.119).

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