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.)

來源

C.J. Bunyan.

拍品專文

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'.