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Lot 129 Property of a Distinguished European Private Collector
Louis de Caullery (Cambrai 1555-1622 Antwerp)
A capriccio of the Bacino di San Marco, Venice, on Ascension Day
Closed27 April 2017
Price Realised
USD 50,000
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This capriccio shows Venice, viewed from across the lagoon, with a group of elegantly dressed figures in the foreground watching the Ascension Day regatta. De Caullery painted a number of comparable vistas of the city, looking towards the Riva degli Schiavoni, Piazzetta and Basilica San Marco, and often featuring the Bucintoro, the doge’s state barge, on the water.
Louis de Caullery was born in Cambrai and trained under the great Antwerp landscapist Joos de Momper from 1594. Though the precise details of his biography remain unknown, De Caullery appears to have travelled to Italy and, judging from his surviving oeuvre, to have visited Venice, Florence and Rome. He regularly used views of the cities in his work, often reinterpreting their specific topographies with his own distinctive style.
Louis de Caullery was born in Cambrai and trained under the great Antwerp landscapist Joos de Momper from 1594. Though the precise details of his biography remain unknown, De Caullery appears to have travelled to Italy and, judging from his surviving oeuvre, to have visited Venice, Florence and Rome. He regularly used views of the cities in his work, often reinterpreting their specific topographies with his own distinctive style.