With Venice under the rule of the Habsburgs in the early 19th century, Austrian artists were drawn to the charms of La Serenissima more than ever before, as this display of some 80 paintings attests. The exhibition, at the Belvedere in Vienna from 17 February–4 September, also makes use of literature and film to show how a new vision of Venice took shape in the Austrian imagination. Find out more from the Belvedere’s website.
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Mädchen an einem Fenster zum Markusplatz, Tauben fütternd (c. 1875), Anton Romako
Blick auf San Giorgio Maggiore in Venedig (1834), Jakob Alt
Motiv aus Venedig (1877), Franz Leo Ruben
Kürbisverkäufer in Chioggia (1876), Ludwig Johann Passini
Nachtfahrt in der Lagune (1857), Joseph Carl Berthold Püttner