Luigi Querena
(1820 - 1887)
Gondolas and boats on the Molo, looking West towards Santa Maria Della Salute
Signed and dated, lower right: Luigi Querena 1871
Oil on canvas
9¼ x 21⅝ in – 23.5 x 54.9 cm
Frame size
14 x 26½ in – 35.6 x 67.3 cm
Oil on canvas
9¼ x 21⅝ in – 23.5 x 54.9 cm
Frame size
14 x 26½ in – 35.6 x 67.3 cm
Height 2 in (35.6 cm)
width 2¹/₂ in (67.3 cm)
width 2¹/₂ in (67.3 cm)
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Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, Scotland, 2 May 1991, lot 427;
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London;
Private collection, USA
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London;
Private collection, USA
Biography
Luigi Querena was born in Venice in 1824, son of the history painter Lattanzio Querena (1768-1853) and brother-in-law to the painter Antonio Rotta (1828-1903).
Querena enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice at the age of 12, studying under Federico Moja (1802-1885), a painter of architectural subjects and Venetian vedute works. Querena followed in his footsteps, developing as a painter of Venetian views and being compared with Canaletto (1697-1768).
He joined the 1848 uprising against Austrian rule and portrayed Venetian resistance in a series of 8 works.
He exhibited regularly at the Venetian Academy becoming an honorary member in 1857, also exhibiting in Genoa, Milan, Naples and Turin.
Querena enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice at the age of 12, studying under Federico Moja (1802-1885), a painter of architectural subjects and Venetian vedute works. Querena followed in his footsteps, developing as a painter of Venetian views and being compared with Canaletto (1697-1768).
He joined the 1848 uprising against Austrian rule and portrayed Venetian resistance in a series of 8 works.
He exhibited regularly at the Venetian Academy becoming an honorary member in 1857, also exhibiting in Genoa, Milan, Naples and Turin.
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