Description
Gino Scalatelli (Venice 1870 – Venice 1920) – Venice, View of St. Mark’s Basin.
Watercolor on paper, in a contemporary carved and gilded wooden frame.
– Signed lower left: “Gino Scalatelli. Venice”.
View of the Basin of San Marco with sailing boats in the foreground and, in the background, the Campanile, the Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. Gino Scalatelli was a Venetian painter active between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, known for his lagoon views and urban scenes. The composition follows the Venetian vedutistic tradition, with a luminous rendering of water and sky in keeping with the watercolour painters of his time.
Condition report: Good state of conservation of the paper support and painted surface; som e minor paint losses and signs of wear.
