Feeding the Birds By Antonio Ermolao Paoletti

Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (1834 - 1912)

Italian

Feeding the Birds

A genre painting of Venetians feeding pigeons in Piazza San Marco beside the Palazzo Ducale. 

signed and inscribed Antonio Paoletti fi Giovⁿⁱ/ Venezia (lower left)

Medium: oil on canvas

Origin: Italian, Venetian 

canvas: 24 by 35¾ in.; 60.9 by 90.8 cm

framed: 29 by 40¾ in.; 73.6 by 103.5 cm

Provenance: Richard Green, London Private collection 

Condition: The canvas is unlined with a stable paint surface in excellent condition. In UV light, very fine areas of retouching between the child and the column at right, in the sky to the right of the standing woman's face, and in the upper right corner edge.