The Church of Santa Maria della Salute

The artwork

The white dome of the Salute fills the centre of the picture, and in the foreground, on the opposite bank, there are gondoliers at work, ladies dressed in pink and a man asleep on a low wall. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The blue of the sky, the white of the church, the pink of the dresses in the foreground.
• A broad, luminous view that opens up the space of an entrance hall or a corridor.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice and the small stories inside paintings.

The church of Santa Maria della Salute was born from a vow: during the terrible plague of 1630 the Venetian government promised to build it if the epidemic came to an end. It was designed by Baldassare Longhena, and its great dome at once became one of the symbols of the city, at the entrance to the Grand Canal.

Michele Marieschi (1710-1743) worked as a painter for only a few years and died young, at thirty-two, but he left a deep mark: his views are broad, almost wide-angle, like a stage opening onto the city, and Francesco Guardi learned a great deal from him. In 1741, a few years before his death, he published a set of twenty-one etchings of the finest sights of Venice. This view was painted around 1740-1741. The original is in the Art Institute of Chicago.

In an entrance hall it brings light and space, like a window open onto Venice. A gift for anyone who loves the city and its details.

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