c1922, watercolour, 73×55.4cm
Inscription: monogram b.r.: ‘FB’
Standard reference: Bunt 719
Provenance: Aitken Dott & Son; unknown; Christie’s, 12 June 1986, Lot 122; pwu.
Literature: Barbizon House Record, 1922, plate 16.
Illustrated: Barbizon House Record, 1922, plate 16. Hutton, The Pageant of Venice, London, 1922, facing p132. Christie’s catalogue, 12 June 1986
Exhibited: Barbizon House, 1922.
Ponte del Paradiso is a picturesque bridge north of St Mark’s Square, with ogee arch to left. The bridge carries the Calle del Paradiso (left) across the Rio di Santa Maria Formosa to Fondamenta del Dose on the right.
Sun-washed pink toned bridge over dark green canal lined with equally pink dwellings. Three gondolas foreground. Greenish canal with pale buildings either side and blue sky above. Obvious pencil marks