LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

32.24 in. (81.90 cm.) (height) by 53.27 in. (135.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Ziem' (lower left)

Literature:

C. Sterling and M. M. Salinger, French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Volume 2, XIX Century, New York, 1966, p. 160, illustrated, as Venetian Scene . P. Miquel, Félix Ziem, 1821–1911 , Maurs-la-Jolie, 1978, vol. 2, p. 208, no. 1503, as Scène vénitienne . L. C. Kachur, The Taft Museum: Its History and Collections , vol. 1 B, European and American Paintings , New York, 1995, p. 241, erroneously identified as a small variant of the Taft Museum's The Piazza of San Marco, Venice, during a Flood . A. Burdin-Hellebranth, Félix Ziem, 1821–1911 , Brussels, 1998, vol. 1, p. 99, no. 249, illustrated

Provenance:

Mrs. Henry B. H. Ripley, until 1954. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm P. Ripley, Oyster Bay, NY, by descent. By whom gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959