Venezia!
Contributors: Hermitage Amsterdam.; Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)
Publisher: Lund Humphries in association with the Hermitage Amsterdam
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Art, Italian -- Italy -- Venice -- 18th century -- Catalogs; Art -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs.
Other titles: Venezia! :
Description: "Both St Petersburg and Amsterdam have often been called the Venice of the North. The expression is a good starting point for presenting the finest works of the St Petersburg Hermitage's collection of eighteen-century Venetian art in the Hermitage Amsterdam and in this volume. In the eighteen century famous painters such as Canaletto, Guardi, Longhi and Tiepolo provided a suitable grande finale to Venice's magnificent artistic tradition. These artists are generously represented in the collections of the Hermitage in St Petersburg and for this overview a selection has been made of paintings, drawings and prints by these and other famous artists. The works are supplemented by exquisite examples of the famous Venetian glass, a long-standing tradition in the city."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "Catalog of the exhibition in the Hermitage Amsterdam 'Venezia!', 5 March to 4 September 2005, organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Amsterdam"--Colophon.