Venice, The Rialto Bridge - Giuseppe Coen (1811–1856)

Giuseppe Coen
(Treviso 1811–1856 Venice)

Venice, The Rialto Bridge
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
G. Coen 1841

Original gilded frame
Canvas cm 55 x 37
Frame cm. 72 x 54

Provenance:
Venice, private collection

Perfect condition

This very fine Venetian view is an autographed work by the Ferrarese painter Giuseppe Coen, a talented and sought-after view painter who rarely appears on the antiques market.
The canvas excellently depicts a wide panorama of the Grand Canal crossed by the superb silhouette of the Rialto Bridge. On the sides of the bridge, on the two banks of the canal, the famous palaces of the City face each other in line, described minutely and with extreme skill in all the architectural details, some in full light and others in shadow.
The luminescent green tone of the canal waters contrasts with the splendid blue sky.
The great pictorial skills of the Author are evident both in the depiction of the buildings and in the rendering of the figures on the typical boats.

It is a splendid 19th century canvas that, in addition to standing out for the evident beauty of the subject, masterfully executed, stands out for its rarity and is proposed not only as an excellent furnishing but also as a valid investment.
In fact, Coen's works obtain excellent results at auction and are particularly appreciated by collectors of 19th century painting.