This watercolor shows three of the main palaces facing the Grand Canal in Venice, in the Dorsoduro district.

The first building on the left is a house on the Rio della Fornace that, in the 18th century, was a very active brick factory, or kiln.

In the middle there is Palazzo Barbaro Wolkoff. The palace, originally built according to the Venetian-Byzantine architecture canons, was later restored by the addition of Gothic elements during the 15th century. In 1894 Eleonora Duse lived on the top floor of the building, hosted by Alexander Wolkoff Mouronzov, who had purchased the entire building.

The last palace on the right is Palazzo Dario (or Ca’ Dario). The building is famous for the alleged curse said to hang over it: according to legend, its owners are destined to go bankrupt or die a violent death. The palace was commissioned from the architect Pietro Lombardo in 1479 by Giovanni Dario as a wedding gift for his daughter Marietta. The architectural beauty of Ca’ Dario contrasts with its reputation as a cursed palace—a name earned through the tragic fate shared by many of its owners.

Technique used: thin black felt pen drawing colored with watercolors on 300 gr. artistico Fabriano paper.

Paper size: 13.7 x 9.8 inches
Image size: 9 x 7.8 inches

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