Edward Lear, Venice and Santa Maria della Salute.
Inscribed, dated and numbered ‘Venice 11 Nov (2)’, pen and ink and watercolour. 11.5cm x 16.5cm (4.5in x 6.5in)
Provenance
Agnew’s, no. 29488
After a first visit to Venice in 1857, Lear returned in November 1865 to make studies for a commission of an oil painting he had received from Lady Waldegrave. His diary entry for 13th of November indicates the artist’s engagement with the view of Santa Maria della Salute at that time, and reads as follows: ‘Had a cup of café noir in the Hotel – & then got a gondola for the day. First drew S[anta] M[aria] de S[salute] by the Doge’s Palace -then from the Iron Bridge… but it was very cold’.
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