By Alfred Pollentine
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Pollentine
British, (1844-1910)
The Grand Canal looking towards St Marks Square & the Doge’s Palace, Venice
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 19.25 inches x 29.25 inches
Size including frame: 25.25 inches x 35.25 inches
A wonderful view of the Grand Canal featuring the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square, Venice by Alfred Pollentine. The scene shows the entrance to the Grand Canal with the Santa Maria Della Salute with its distinctive rotunda and the Dogana to the left. Ahead can be seen the bell tower of St Mark’s with the Doges palace to its right.
Alfred William Pollentine was born in St Pancras, London on 26 August 1844, the son of William Pollentine, a carver gilder and picture dealer and Caroline Smith. After the death of his father in 1856, his mother married the artist Adam Barland...
Category
19th Century Victorian Hubert Hennes Art