Oil paint on canvas
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Capriccio St Pauls and a Venetian Canal
Purchased 1954
adults
architecture
boat, gondola
canal
cathedral
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
City of London
City of London, St Paul’s Cathedral
countries and continents
England
features
figure
historical: imagined views
house
industrial
Italy
people
places
religious
residential
society
stair / step
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
Venice - non-specific
Venice with St Paul’s Cathedral
waterfront
<p>This is an architectural fantasy ('capriccio'), combining the most instantly recognisable element of the London skyline - St Paul's - with a Venetian canal. The artist, who specialised in city views, may be drawing attention to parallels between Renaissance Venice and modern London. Both cities were made wealthy through international commerce, so Marlow's picture could be interpreted as a fantasy of the ultimate imperial city.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2002</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 October 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
22 October 2001 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
2001-10-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-22
Landscape and Empire
Collection based display
9 October 2003 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
9 October 2003 – 11 January 2004
2004-01-11
2003-10-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
15 February 2004 – 30 May 2004
2004-05-30
2004-02-15
Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, USA)
http://www.kimbellart.org
2003-10-09
Turner and Venice
Exhibition
18 October 2011 – 22 January 2012
2012-01-22
18 October 2011 – 22 January 2012
2012-01-22
2011-10-18
Fundación Caja (Casa de las Alhajas) (Madrid, Spain)
2011-10-18
Architectural in Paintings
Loan-out
14 March 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
14 March 2015 – 7 June 2015
2015-06-07
2015-03-14
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
27 June 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
2015-06-27
Holburne Museum of Art (Bath, UK)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Holburne/
22 October 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
2015-10-22
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2015-03-14
Canaletto: Celebrating Britain
Loan-out
1 October 2022 – 1 January 2023
2023-01-01
1 October 2022 – 31 January 2023
2023-01-31
2022-10-01
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (Worcester, UK)
2022-10-01
Canaletto: A Venetian's View
Loan-out
27 July 2024 – 22 June 2025
2025-06-22
27 July 2024 – 29 September 2024
2024-09-29
2024-07-27
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art (Shizuoka, Japan)
http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp
12 October 2024 – 28 December 2024
2024-12-28
2024-10-12
Sompo Museum of Art (Tokyo, Japan)
15 February 2025 – 13 April 2025
2025-04-13
2025-02-15
Museum of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
24 April 2025 – 22 June 2025
2025-06-22
2025-04-24
Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum (Yamaguchi, Japan)
2024-07-27
Canaletto and the Splendour of Venice
Loan-out
Capriccio: St Paul’s and a Venetian Canal
support: 1295 × 1041 mm
Purchased 1954
<p>
This is an architectural fantasy ('capriccio'), combining the most instantly recognisable element of the London skyline - St Paul's - with a Venetian canal. The artist, who specialised in city views, may be drawing attention to parallels between Renaissance Venice and modern London. Both cities were made wealthy through international commerce, so Marlow's picture could be interpreted as a fantasy of the ultimate imperial city. </p>
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adults architecture boat, gondola canal cathedral church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) City of London City of London, St Paul’s Cathedral countries and continents England features figure historical: imagined views house industrial Italy people places religious residential society stair / step townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK countries and regions UK London Venice - non-specific Venice with St Paul’s Cathedral waterfront