The Rialto Bridge

The artwork

The great white arch of the Rialto Bridge spans the Grand Canal, with its shops on top and boats laden with goods passing beneath. You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The white of the stone, the blue of the water and the sky, the coloured awnings of the houses.
• A famous view full of life that gives character to a study or a library.
• A gift for anyone who loves Venice and its landmarks.

For centuries there was a wooden bridge at Rialto, which collapsed more than once. At the end of the sixteenth century the Republic decided to rebuild it in stone: the design by Antonio da Ponte won, and the new bridge, with a single great arch and two rows of shops, was completed in 1591. All around it was the most important market in the city, where goods arrived from all over the Mediterranean.

Michele Marieschi (1710-1743), a Venetian painter who died young, at thirty-two, painted the bridge with his broad, almost wide-angle eye, adding the details of everyday life: the awnings and the washing hung at the windows, the boatmen at work in the foreground. The painting belonged to the Potocki family, in their residence at Krzeszowice in Poland, and since 1946 it has been in the National Museum in Warsaw, where it remains today.

In a study or a library it brings the commercial heart of Venice. A perfect 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