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The church of Santa Maria della Salute seen across the water with gondolas in the foreground

Michele Marieschi

1741

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 12 1/2 × 18 9/16 in. (31.8 × 47.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Michele Marieschi

1696–1743 • Republic of Venice

He may have been active in Germany early in his career but there is no other evidence for this other than the statements of his first biographers, Orlandi and Guarienti. Venetian architectural painter and engraver. Comment on works: Architectural painter; Views; Landscapes; Theater painter; Engraver

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