Joseph Southall - Treviso
Joseph Southall - Treviso
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JOSEPH SOUTHALL, RWS, NEAC, RBSA
(1861-1944)
Porta Cavour, Treviso
Signed with monogram and dated l.r.: JES 1934; inscribed with title on the backboard
Watercolour
19 by 17.5 cm., 7 ½ by 7 in.
Literature:
Maxwell Armfield, The Work of Joseph Southall, The Old Water-Colour Society’s Club, 1946, vol 24, illus. op. p.34.
Southall and his wife visited Treviso in May 1934. A diary note in a sketchbook labelled “3A Venice” (previously in the Harlock Collection) records a day in the town on 8th May 1934: “Treviso. Wonderful little Museo Civico (sic). Grand picture of Vincenzo della Destri in beautiful condition. Glorious frescos from Modena. Bellini cleaned. Old Duomo – beautiful pictures by Girolamo da Treviso quite untouched glowing golden. Fine frescos by Pordenone.”
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