Born in Miskovice in Bohemia, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in what is now Czechia, in 1848, Antonietta Brandeis traveled to Venice with her widowed mother in 1860. In 1867, she enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arte, where she graduated at the top of her class as one of only two female students. Much of her oeuvre is devoted to small scale Venetian vedute, which were the perfect momenti for both American and European visitors to Venice on the Grand Tour. Her works were hotly sought-after for their luminous and colorful palette as well as her keen eye for detail, demonstrated in the crisp rendering of iconic Venetian settings and for the lively array of individual figures that often animate her scenes.
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The panel has beveled edges. The surface is stable and there is light surface dirt present. Under UV light inspection, there is retouching at the extreme edges to address frame abrasion. There is retouching in the water at the left corner, along the lower edge near the right corner, and in the sky left of the dome spire, and the right of the base of the dome. There is a one inch line of retouchin in the water under the right tip of the docked gondolas. There is a small area of retouching in the sky to the left of the holden spire figure at center.
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Lot 2Sale 20675
The Dogana with Santa Maria della Salute, VeniceANTONIETTA BRANDEIS (AUSTRIAN, 1849-1910)Estimate: USD 15,000 - 20,000
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