A Bit of Venice (Venice, The Salute)

A Bit of Venice (Venice, The Salute)

Clara Montalba (1840-1929)

1878

Watercolour

H 27.1 x W 14.6 cm.

Collection and image credit: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth

Accession no. BORGM 01531. Gift from Sir Merton Russell-Cotes, 1921

This is an early example of Clara Montalba's work in Venice, and shows both her love of light effects, and her delight in the city itself. It is interesting to compare it with her later, more impressionistic, Salute of 1908, in the collection of the Royal Watercolour Society — and indeed with Turner's handling of the beautiful basilica in its equally beautiful setting. — Jacqueline Banerjee

  • Venice - Maria della Salute by J.M.W. Turner, exhibited 1844
  • Venice with the Salute by J.M.W. Turner, c. 1844-45
  • The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice (modern photographs and commentary)

    • Kindly made available via Art UK on the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND). [Click on the image to enlarge it.]