Circle of Johann Richter
The Bacino di San Marco, Venice; and San Michele in Isola, Venice
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Circle of Johann Richter
The Bacino di San Marco, Venice; and San Michele in Isola, Venice
a pair, both oil on canvas
each canvas: 15 by 31½ in.; 38.1 by 80 cm.
each framed: 23½ by 39½ in.; 59.6 by 100.3 cm.
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The present pair of paintings depict the church of San Michele in Isola, Venice and the Bacino di San Marco, the area of the Venetian lagoon that faces the Doge's palace. The sense of scale and recession in each of the present paintings is heightened by the large figures and boats that anchor the foreground of the compositions, a device that was used to great effect by Richter and his followers.