The view is looking northwest at the convergence of the Grand Canal and the Cannaregio Canal. The San Geremia is the domed building straight ahead and Located (D3) on the big map (the northern side of the Grand Canal and west side of Cannaregio).
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From Philip Resheph
Date: 10/6/00
If the traffic was anything like it is today, it would by like sitting in the middle of 5th Avenue. Palazzo Labia is now offices and has a sumptuous ceiling done by Tiepolo.
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Palazzo Labbia, Venice Date? Watercolor on paper |
Painting a number of his scenes in Venice more than once, here Sargent did a watercolor (date unknown). It was quite possibly done at different years, revisiting the same subject only in a different medium.
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Palazzo Labia with Campanile of San Geremia 1903 Watercolor on paper |
John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
