The Feast of Our lady of Health, Grand Canal, Venice

Walter Tyndale (1855-1943)

Price

£4,500

Signed

Signed

Medium

Watercolour

Dimensions

9 ½ x 13 ½ inches

Provenance

The Lawrence Alkin Collection

Exhibited

'Three Victorian Travellers', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2024

The Feast of Our Lady of Health (Festa della Madonna della Salute) is a major Venetian festival held annually on November 21 to commemorate the end of the 1630 plague (in which which over 47,000 Venetians died). Thousands of residents make a pilgrimage to the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, crossing a temporary bridge over the Grand Canal to light candles, pray, and feast on traditional Castradina soup a rustic dish made from castrated mutton, cabbage and spices.

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