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Title: Deluxe illustrated catalogue of the very valuable modern paintings, sculpture and other art property collected by the late Theron R. Butler, Esq (electronic resource)
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924
Subjects: Theron R. Butler
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council METRO

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No. 72 FELIX ZIEM FRENCH (1824- ) VENICE A brilliant view of the Grand Canal in Venice—the Venice that Ziemloved so well—the waters dancing in the sunshine beneath a glorious sky,shrouded here and there behind a veil of filmy cloud. In the foreground acrowded gondola glides under the vigorous strokes of the oarsmen, acrossthe bows of a large boat advancing before the wind, its two sails, adornedwith gay pictures, outspread to catch the failing breeze. In the distanceare more boats, and behind them the Gindecca debouches into the canal,while to the right is the long, scimiter-like sweep of the river, fringed withbuildings, the wondrous Campanile towering into the sky above the Piazza,the Doges palace and the domes of San Marco. On the left the red towerof San Giorgio balances the composition, its rich tones reflected in thedepths of the water, which gives back also the shimmering pictures of theboats and the masses of the buildings in the distance. Signed at the lower left, Zikm. H

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