Michele Giovanni Marieschi
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Michele Marieschi (1710-1743) was an Italian landscape painter who painted veduta (vistas) mostly in Venice. One of his patrons was noted collector,Field Marshal Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747), who bought at least two canvases from the painter for 50 and 55 gold sequins respectively. This is one it, called “The Courtyard of the Doge’s Palace, Venice, with the Giant’s Staircase, Saint Mark’s Basilica beyond”:
It’s amazing to know that, even in the 18th century, perspective artwork are so precisely drawn and painted. The level of detail is truly astounding!