Venice, Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession explained

Venice, Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession
Artist:Richard Parkes Bonington
Year:1828
Type:Oil on canvas, cityscape
Height Metric:114.3
Width Metric:162.6
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:Tate Britain
City:London

Venice, Ducal Palace with a Religious Procession is an 1828 cityscape painting by the British artist Richard Parkes Bonington.[1] Bonington visited Venice in Spring 1826 and the trip inspired him to produce a number of works up to his death in 1828. It is the largest known painting he produced.[2] It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1828 to critical acclaim.[3] It is now in the collection of Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired in 1947.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Cormack p.129
  2. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bonington-venice-ducal-palace-with-a-religious-procession-n05789
  3. Stainton p.47
  4. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bonington-venice-ducal-palace-with-a-religious-procession-n05789