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View of the Quay of the Schiavoni
(1834)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
32.0 × 46.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Corot painted this view of the Schiavoni dock during the second of three visits to Venice. This picturesque spot was a motif much-favoured by artists. An exotic reminder of Venice’s former power as a trading nation with the East, ‘schiavoni’(slaves) refers to the Arab slaves who disembarked and were exchanged there. For Corot, and indeed, Canaletto before him, the motif was more important for its unbroken transitions between land, sea and sky. Corot painted the Quay several times, in this example during the late afternoon. His Venetian plein-air studies are prized for their qualities of light and brilliant colour.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: COROT
Accession Number
1510B-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
boats Canal Grande (canal) churches (buildings) columns (architectural elements) Italy (nation) public libraries (buildings) Venice (inhabited place) waterfronts