Nº 91
Reading edition
G. Sartori ITALIAN
A CANAL IN VENICE
Height, 27½ inches; length, 39½ inches
A broad rippling canal leading from the foreground in perspective to the middle distance, passing under a lofty brick bridge with a single span, is narrowed between tall houses, and enters the broad open water beyond. A number of fishing boats with colored sails are moored to the banks on either side, and on the quay on the left, in the broad shadow of the sun, which is already low in the heavens, are numerous women with white shawls, mantilla-wise over their heads and shoulders, and numerous fishermen near the base of a tall flagstaff.
Signed at the lower left, G. Sartori.