Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Giovanni Grubacs

Night-time view of the Rialto on the Feast of the Redentore

Lot Closed

January 30, 05:46 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

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Giovanni Grubacs

Venice 1829 - 1919

Night-time view of the Rialto on the Feast of the Redentore


signed lower left: Gruba[c]s

oil on canvas

canvas: 29 1/4 by 41 1/2 in.; 74.3 by 105.4 cm.

framed: 35.5 by 48 in.; 74.3 by 121.9 cm.

This large well preserved canvas depicts one of the favorite themes of Giovanni Grubacs and indeed of his father and brother as well: the feast of the Redentore, celebrated on the third Sunday in July in recognition of Venice surviving the great plague of 1576. Here, on the Saturday evening prior, decorated boats and barges flood the Grand Canal in anticipation of a grand fireworks display.