The Rialto Bridge, Venice

Details

James Holland, O.W.S. (1800-1870)
The Rialto Bridge, Venice
inscribed 'PONTE DI RIALTO/Architetto/Antonio da Ponte/anno 1591/DOGE PASQUALE/CICOGNA [sic]' (on the bridge)
pencil and watercolourheightened with bodycolour and with scratching out, on oatmeal paper
21 x 29½ in. (53.3 x 74.9 cm.)

Provenance

E. Heritage; Christie's, London, 28 February 1874, lot 69 (246 gns to Vokins).
with The Boydell Galleries, Liverpool.
with The Cotman Gallery, Birmingham.
with The Fine Art Society, London, 1968.

Exhibited

International Exhibition, 1892, no. 10, catalogue untraced.

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Lot Essay

It was in 1835 that James Holland made his first trip to Venice, the same year that he was elected Associate of the Old Water-Colour Society. He continued to paint scenes from Venice, exhibiting numerous views of the city right up until 1869, the year before his death. He painted two watercolours entitled The Rialto which were exhibited by the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1863 and 1864-5 respectively.

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