Lot no. 1111
Meister der Langmatt Foundation (Apollonio Domenichini)
Die Rückkehr des Bucintoro am Tag der Fes
Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 37 x 57 cm.
Provenienz
Italienischer Privatbesitz.
Literatur
Dario Succi (Hg.): Il fiore di Venezia. Dipinti dal Seicento all´Ottocento in collezioni private, Gorizia 2014, Nr. 150, Abb. 153.
Diese Ansicht zeigt das Zentrum von Venedig, wie es sich dem vom Meer Ankommenden jahrhundertelang bot und durch eine Vedute Canalettos in den 1730er Jahren prägend wurde für die folgenden Generationen venezianischer Künstler. Dem Betrachter werden die wichtigsten politischen und religiösen Bauten der Lagunenstadt dargeboten: der Dogenpalast, die Markuskirche, der Campanile sowie die von Jacopo Sansovino entworfenen Bauten der Biblioteca Marciana und der Zecca. An der Mole hat der Bucintoro, das prachtvolle rot-goldene Staatsschiff des Dogen angelegt. Dargestellt ist der Schlusspunkt der Festa del´Ascensione, in Venedig landläufig als Festa della Sensa bezeichnet. Bei dem spektakulären Fest zu Christi Himmelfahrt vermählte sich der Doge symbolisch mit dem Meer, in dem er mit dem Staatsschiff auf das Meer fuhr und einen Ring ins Wasser warf. Der Bucintoro wurde bei der Ausfahrt von unzähligen Schiffen begleitet, an dem Fest nahmen alle hohen Würdenträger der Republik teil. Ausgangs- und Endpunkt der Fahrt war die Mole vor dem Dogenpalast. Im und um den Dogenpalst tummeln sich Würdenträger und einfaches Volk, auf der Piazzetta, zwischen Dogenpalast und der Biblioteca Marciana, sieht man hölzerne Verkaufsstände.
Dario Succi schreibt die Vedute Apollonio Domenichini aufgrund von stilistischen Vergleichen mit signierten Veduten des Künstlers zu (Succi, op. cit.). Domenichini zählte zu den venezianischen Vedutenmalern, die Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts außerordentlich erfolgreich eine internationale Sammlerschaft mit Ansichten Venedigs und seiner Umgebung bedienten. Apollonio Domenichini war Schüler Luca Carlevarijs´ und trug lange Zeit den Notnamen Meister der Langmatt-Foundation, nach einer Gruppe von Veduten in der Sammlung einer Schweizer Stiftung.
Master of the Langmatt Foundation (Apollonio Domenichini)
The Return of the Bucentaur on the Fest
Oil on canvas (relined). 37 x 57 cm.
Provenance
Private ownership, Italy.
Literature
Dario Succi (ed.): "Il fiore di Venezia. Dipinti dal Seicento all´Ottocento in collezioni private", Gorizia 2014, no. 150, illus. 153.
This work depicts the view of Venice as it was seen from the sea for centuries. Based on a veduta by Canaletto made in the 1730s, this view was to influence an entire generation of Venetian artists. It depicts all the most important religious and secular buildings in the city: The Doge's Palace, the Church of Saint Mark, the Campanile, as well as the Biblioteca Marciana and the Zecca, both designed by Jacopo Sansovino. At the harbour entrance we see the Bucentaur, the sumptuous red and gold state barque of the Doges. The work depicts the closing ceremony of the Festa del´Ascensione, known locally in Venice as the Festa della Sensa. During this spectacular feast on Ascension Day, the Doge was ritually married to the sea. Accompanied by a myriad of other boats and all the most important personalities in the city, the Doge would ride out in the Bucentaur and throw a ring into water. The beginning and end of the ceremony were marked by the state ship leaving from and returning to harbour mouth near the Doge's palace. In this work, we see the high dignitaries and the populace bustling around the palace and wooden market stalls set up on the piazetta between the Doge's palace and the Biblioteca Marciana.
Dario Succi attributes this veduta to Apollonio Domenichini on the grounds of stylistic comparison to signed vedutas by this artist (Succi, op. cit.). Apollonio Domenichini was among the Venetian veduta painters who enjoyed significant international popularity among collectors for his views of Venice and its surroundings. He was a pupil of Luca Carlevarij and long bore the notname “Master of the Langmatt Foundation” after a group of vedutas housed in the collection of the Swiss foundation.
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