City Views, Italy, Venice, San Marco
Venice. - "L'Eglise de S. Marc" San Marco
Rare anonymous copper etching.
Published in a French book of duodez (very small) format.
Therefore the print has three vertical folds to make it fit the book size. Bears Page nr. 204
Original antique print
Light general age toning.
13 x 16,2 cm (ca. 5.1 x 6.4")
Piazza San Marco, or Saint Mark's Square; aristocracy; "the drawing room of Europe" (a quote attributed to Napoleon); Basilica; Campanile di San Marco, the Basilica's bell tower; two 12th-century columns: Venice's two patron saints: Saint Mark in the form of a winged lion, and Saint Teodoro (Theodore); architectural style encompasses Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European influences; Horses of San Marco, brought back from Constantinople during the 4th Crusade; La Giustizia; Doges' Palace (Palazzo Ducale); Cardinal Domenico Grimani;
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