The drawing was made by an Italian pilgrim on his way to Jerusalem. The oldest-known drawing of Venice. Courtesy of the University of St. Andrews, with permission from the Ministero per i beni e le ...
Image of 14th-century Venice supplied by the Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II.IV.101, fol. 1v. With permission of the Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo / ...
Luminosity is a key feature of Venetian drawing. Venetian artists were concerned above all with the play of light and shade on forms,” says Dr Catherine Whistler, the Ashmolean Museum’s Keeper of ...