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| Title | View of Venice: The Church of Il Redentore | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to Italian School | |
| Date Earliest | about 1700 | |
| Date Latest | about 1800 | |
| Description | The Church of Il Redentore was commissioned by the architect Palladio by the Senate and dedicated to the Saviour in order to ask for deliverance of the city of Venice from the plague outbreak of 1575-6. It was built between 1578 and 1591 on the island of Guidecca. Palladio rejected the decorative surfaces of traditional Venetian architecture in favour of this sparkling white façade which presents a dramatic aspect as seen from the Piazetta di San Marco. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1981P6 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.6´81 | |
| Subject | townscape; place (Venice, Church of Il Redentore);religion (church) | |
| Measurements | 53.3 x 68.6 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Rev. James Compton Bracebridge 1981. | |
| Publications | Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 84, ill. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |