View of Venice with Piazza San Marco, Venetian vedutism of the eighteenth century Francesco Tironi (Venice, circa 1745 – 1797) circle of

Eighteenth-century Venetian landscape painting
Francesco Tironi (Venice, circa 1745 – 1797) circle of
View of Venice with St. Mark's Square

Second half of the eighteenth century
oil painting on canvas
cm. 81 x 112, with frame cm. 95 x 126

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The canvas, a view of Venice with the monumental Piazza di San Marco, one of the most evocative and pictorially appreciated views of the lagoon city, must be compared to the hand of a Venetian author active in the mid-eighteenth century, from the circle of the landscape painter Francesco Tironi (Venice, 1745 -1797).
This reference is supported by comparison with the painter's certain works, for the similar way of setting the scenes, in the common tendency in the rendering of perspective, for the attention to detail of the precisely drawn architecture, for the marked play of lights and shadows and for the typology of the numerous Canaletto-style figures that animate the scene.
The eighteenth century for Venice, in the artistic and cultural field, is a second "golden age" and the genre of the city view became an appreciated and extremely requested genre among the great prolific names of Vedutism, to satisfy the needs of patrician families, of nobles, especially English and Germans, but also French, who visited the city during their "Voyage d'Italie".
Tironi is certainly one of the excellences of this pictorial field, with a rich array of collaborators active in his workshop in the lagoon city. Well executed and rich in details and characters, our canvas turns out to be a very interesting testimony of eighteenth-century Venice portrayed from one of the most famous and extraordinary views of the city.
The view, in excellent conservation conditions, intact and without significant restorations, not recently relined, is enriched by a beautiful golden frame, not contemporary.

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