This reproduction was published for the exhibition "Walter Sickert Painting and transgressing" at the Petit Palais from October 14th 2022 to January 29th 2023.
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
St Mark's, Venice ('Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus'), 1896
Oil on canvas H. 90,8; W. 120 cm
Bequeathed by General...
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This reproduction was published for the exhibition "Walter Sickert Painting and transgressing" at the Petit Palais from October 14th 2022 to January 29th 2023.
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
St Mark's, Venice ('Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus'), 1896
Oil on canvas H. 90,8; W. 120 cm
Bequeathed by General Sir Ian Hamilton
The Latin of the picture's title is the motto of Venice: 'Peace be unto you, Mark my Evangelist.' This painting shows the front elevation of St Mark's Basilica in muted colours at early evening. Shadows gather in the shallow foreground while the gold crosses atop the Byzantine domes glint in the waning daylight. During his visit to Venice in 1895-6 Sickert chose to paint the conventional tourist attractions, as described in the art historian John Ruskin's popular treatise The Stones of Venice (1851-3).
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