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Description: | A wealthy Venetian family watching the festivities in the street below from their balcony from which a tapestry adorned with a coat of arms, depicting a castle and a bird of prey, is suspended. The group wear sixteenth century costume. The figures are finely dressed and von Blaas includes a variety of contrasting moods and attitudes in his figures who engage in intrigue and flirting. A group of four figures look on as a woman wearing a red velvet bodice and multicoloured sleeves tosses a bouquet from the balcony. They strike a contrast with a melancholy veiled woman, probably in mourning, wearing a black dress who sits apart to the right of the composition. Behind her, two women flirt with a man in a red costume with slashed sleeves. Two young black male servants arrive with drinks from the interior of the apartment. | Subjects: | everyday life (carnival); place (Venice) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Blaas, Eugen von (German artist, 1843-1931) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8312... | Go to resource |
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