In the Lagoon, Venice

Details

Friedrich Nerly (Erfurt 1807-1878 Venice)
In the Lagoon, Venice
signed, inscribed and dated 'Nerly. Venezia 1851.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
37.5 x 57.5 cm.
Painted in 1851.

Provenance

with Grimme Gallery, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Private Collection, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, by 1950, thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Friedrich Nerlich was born in Erfurt, in central Germany, and after some self-training in art, was encouraged by the art collector and scholar Baron Carl Friedrich von Rumohr (1785-1843) to pursue his talent. The two traveled to Italy in 1828, arriving in Rome. Nerlich lived in the Eternal City for six years, and Italianized his name to Nerly. While in Rome, he became a leader amongst the expatriate German community of artists. He moved to Venice in 1835 and remained there for the remainder of his life. He set up a studio on the Palazzo Pisani and began to paint more romantic and atmospheric vedute of his adopted city.

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