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Description: | This painting depicts a scene of festivity with a view across a Venetian lagoon towards the Molo and the Doge's Palace. It is essentially an architectural capriccio, with the scale and form of the buildings fantastically remodelled. In the centre-ground, a flotilla of ships and gondolas sail across the lagoon, with the Doge at the prow of the Bucintoro, his ceremonial ship, suggesting the scene may record Ascension Day festivities when the Doge symbolically married the sea by casting a ring into the lagoon. The dramatic crepuscular lighting, torches and flares add to the sense of festivity and spectacle. | Subjects: | townscape; place (Venice San Marco); figure; animal (horses); marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Caullery, Louis de (Flemish painter, before 1582-after 1621) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8355... | Go to resource |
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