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Colin Harrison (b.1939)
PERFORMERS BEFORE IL REDENTORE, GIUDECCA, VENICE
pencil and watercolour
23 x 31_in. (58.42 x 80.01cm)
The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, known as Il Redentore, is a 16th century church located on Giudecca (island),
Venice. It was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio and built as a votive church to thank God for the deliverance
of the city from a major outbreak of the plague. Located on the waterfront of the Canale della Giudecca, it dominates
the skyline of the island. Il Redentore houses a number of paintings by artists including Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese and
Francesco Bassano.On the third Sunday in July a huge firework display on the previous evening is followed by a mass
procession across a specially constructed pontoon bridge from the Zattere to Giudecca. It remains a major festival in the
Venetian calendar since 1570s.
€1800-€2200 (£1296-£1584 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 64IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015