The Brenta near Dolo

The artwork

A fine day on the banks of the Brenta: carriages and riders in front of a country house, a horseman in a red coat, boats on the river and, in the distance, a domed church. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The green of the trees, the warm yellow of the houses, the red of the coats and the wheels.
• A serene, luminous landscape that brings calm to a living room or a bedroom.
• A gift for anyone who loves the Veneto and country life.

Dolo is a town on the Brenta, a short distance from Venice, along the waterway that leads to Padua. In the eighteenth century the noble families of Venice had their country villas along the river, where they spent the summer season: they arrived by boat, travelling up the Brenta from the lagoon, and the banks filled with carriages, horses and conversation.

The Metropolitan Museum attributes the painting to Giambattista Cimaroli, a painter born in Salò, on Lake Garda, who worked for a long time in Venice. Little is known of his life, apart from a brief collaboration with Canaletto, Piazzetta and Pittoni, but his paintings are precious records of Venice and the Veneto, and for the museum this view of life on the Brenta is one of the finest examples. The original is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

In a living room or a bedroom it brings the peace of the Venetian countryside. A gift full of light for anyone who loves landscapes.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)
With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with gold fillet, handmade, with glass