Core Record |
| Title |
Study of Gondolas and Figures |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Carlevariis, Luca (Italian painter and printmaker, 1663-1729) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1700 |
| Date Latest |
about 1710 |
| Description |
Carlevaris was in habit of making small-scale oil sketches, largely from life, for larger compositions to be executed in the studio. |
| Current Accession Number |
1948P50 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.50´48 |
| Subject |
everyday life (Venetian gondoliers) |
| Measurements |
190.0 x 381 cm.0 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by the Friends of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 1948. |
| Provenance |
Milner Gaskell; P. & D. Colnaghi Co. Ltd. 1948. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Eighteenth Century Venice, Whitechapel Art Gallery and Birmingham Art Gallery, 1951, cat. no. 24; Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi & Co., April - May, 1948, cat. no. 4; Pictures from the Birmingham Art Gallery, Agnew's Galleries, London, 1957, cat. no. 10; Venetian Baroque and Rococo Painting, Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, 1967, cat. no. 14; Primitives to Picasso, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1962, cat. no. 79; Venice through Canaletto's Eyes, National Gallery, London, 1998, (no cat. no.) p. 32, fig. 30 |
| Publications |
Pope-Hennessy, J., Burlington Magazine, vol. 73, 1938, p. 126; Mauroner, F., Luca Carlevaris, 1945, pp. 32 - 34; Watson, F.J.B., Arte Veneta, 1950, p. 133, ill; Levey, M., Painting in XVIII Century Venice, 1959, p. 79, fig. 32, ill. front cover; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 24, ill. |
| Notes |
Old Colnaghi label on back. Reference to having been bought in Ireland. |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
