The Piazza San Marco, Venice, 1881
Pierre Auguste Renoirexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more 51.19
On View in Gallery 351expand_more
On his tour of Italy, Renoir made a stop in Venice in late October 1881. His Venetian canvases focus primarily on famous sites. Here, Renoir depicts the domes of the Cathedral of San Marco gleaming in the midday sun. This painting was left in a sketch-like state without any studio reworking. Executed in a typically Impressionist technique, the canvas is loosely covered with bold, hurriedly applied strokes of bright, unmixed colors. Simple daubs of paint depict the light falling across the church's façade, as well as the people and fluttering pigeons on the piazza.
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- Title
- The Piazza San Marco, Venice
- Artist Life
- 1841-1919
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 51.19
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