"Born at Venice, in 1711; died at Venice, in 1794. Italian school. 100. View of the place San Marco, of Venice, H. 22 1/2 in.; W. 36 5/8 in. A happy specimen of this scholar of Diziani, treated with ...
"I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs;/ A Palace and a Prison on each hand:/ I saw from out the waves her sculptures rise/ As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand:/ A thousand years their ...