Shop art print and framed art Galileo Galilei, dit Galilée, astronome (1564-1642) by Francesco Boschi

The Doge on the Bucentaurus (also known as The Departure of the Bucentaurus on Ascension Day for San Nicola del Lido) is an oil on canvas by the Venetian painter Francesco Guardi, a member of the Venetian School. It was painted between 1766 and 1770, and is kept in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. This painting entered the Louvre following its confiscation from Count Joseph François Xavier de Pestre de Seneffe during Napoleon's occupation in 1797. It was selected by the Louvre, along with eleven other paintings from the same series, to hang in the Hôtel de Nesle"; the painting was then sent to the Muséum de Toulouse (now the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle), which subsequently returned it to the Louvre in exchange for a portrait by Ingres and another painting by Guardi, in 1952";". This work is part of a series of twelve paintings depicting the Solennità dogali ("Solemnities of the Doge"), in which the artist faithfully copied the scenes drawn by Canaletto to commemorate the festivities surrounding the coronation of the Doge Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo in 1763. This led to some confusion, and the canvases were once attributed to Canaletto, even though their style is quite unmistakably Guardi. Under the First Empire, the series were unfortunately separated: seven remained in the Louvre, one was sent to Brussels, two to Nantes, one to Toulouse and one to Grenoble. The return of the Toulouse paintings to the Louvre in 1952, through the exchange mentioned above, was the first step in an [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the baroque style.

 

« Galileo Galilei, dit Galilée, astronome (1564-1642) » is kept at Musée et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, France.

 

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