Apollonio Facchinetti, called Domenichini, formerly known as the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views

The canvas is unlined and much of the impasto paintwork is fresh and intact. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals a thin vertical line of retouching, approx. 15 cm. long, in one of the columns, left, and an L-shaped line of retouching, measuring approx. 10 x 15 cm., to the lower right of the arch on the right-hand side. There are some fine retouchings along the upper margin and scattered through the sky, and the features of the figures, lower centre, have been strengthened. The painting otherwise remains in very good original condition. Offered in a later plain painted wood frame with some minor losses.
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This unique composition is by Apollonio Facchinetti, called Domenichini, formerly known as the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views after the artist's eponymous works - a group of seven views of Venice in the Langmatt Foundation, Zurich. It is thought likely that he was a pupil of Carlevarijs, Marieschi or perhaps Fracesco Albotto, and his works were long confused with those of Francesco Tironi.