Edward Alfred Goodall, R.W.S. (1819-1908)

The Statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni and the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

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Edward Alfred Goodall, R.W.S. (1819-1908)
The Statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni and the Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
signed, inscribed and dated 'E.A. Goodall RW/1889' (lower right), and signed and inscribed 'No. 2/The Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni da Bergamo & Church of San Giovanni e Paolo Venice. Painted by Edward A. Goodall 57 Fitzroy Road Regent's Park Road' and 'I am Dear Sir/Yours faithfully Edward A. Goodall/C.J. Bunyan Esq' (on old labels on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
15 5/8 x 22 in. (40 x 55.8 cm.)

Provenance

C.J. Bunyan.

Lot Essay

Andrea Verrocchio's equestrian monument to the condottiere Bartolommeo Colleoni has long made an impression on visitors to Venice. Ruskin wrote of it 'I do not believe that there is a more glorious work of sculpture existing in the world'.

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