The Feast of the Ascension in Piazza San Marco

The artwork

Piazza San Marco in festival dress: wooden arcades full of shops, the basilica in the background, the towering bell tower, and everywhere people in their finest clothes. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The pink of the bell tower, the white of the arcades, the blue of the sky and the colours of the crowd.
• A famous, luminous view that fills a living room or a study with life.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice, festivals and great painting.

The Sensa, Venetian for the Ascension, was the most splendid festival in Venice. Besides the Marriage of the Sea, when the doge threw a ring into the waters of the lagoon, for the occasion Piazza San Marco was turned into a great fair: wooden arcades were built, and under their arches goldsmiths and cloth merchants displayed their finest goods to Venetians and to travellers from all over Europe.

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), the last great view painter of the Republic, painted the square on the day of the festival around 1775. It is considered one of his masterpieces, for its light and for the precision with which it records the fair. The painting was bought by Calouste Gulbenkian, the great collector who loved Guardi, and today it is in his museum in Lisbon.

In a living room or a study it brings the joy of a Venetian festival. A precious gift for anyone who loves Venice.

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