The Grand Canal near Ca' Pesaro

The artwork

The white palace of Ca' Pesaro is reflected in the Grand Canal, the sky is immense, and in the foreground the gondolas wait beside the wooden mooring posts. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The blue of the sky and the water, the white of the palace, the red of the houses on the right.
• A broad, luminous view that opens up the space of an attic room or a bedroom.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice and its palaces.

Ca' Pesaro is one of the great Baroque palaces of the Grand Canal. It was designed by Baldassare Longhena, the architect of the church of the Salute, for the wealthy Pesaro family, but the work was only completed in 1710, many years after his death. Today it houses the International Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of Oriental Art.

Michele Marieschi (1710-1743) painted it around 1734-1735, when he was just over twenty. The Alte Pinakothek, the museum that holds it, points out its wide-angle perspective: the view opens out like a modern photograph, and the canal seems wider than it really is. Marieschi died young, at thirty-two, but his way of seeing the city left its mark on Francesco Guardi too. The original is in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

In an attic room or a bedroom it brings the whole sky of Venice. A luminous gift for anyone who loves the city.

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