View of Venice

Italian

1830–45 · Gouache on black paper · Robert Lehman Collection

This panorama of Venice, in gouache on black paper, calls to mind the topographical precision afforded by photography, and was probably painted around the time of the invention of photography in 1839. The sweeping view of urban shoreline anchored by San Marco’s campanile and the commanding Doge’s Palace offers a pictorial record of modern appeal.

Artist

Italian

Date

1830–45

Medium

Gouache on black paper

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975