Although Seago’s Venetian townscapes make up a fraction of the paintings he produced in his lifetime, they are in the main considered to be his most masterful and majestic, representing the height of his mature style. Seago first traveled to Venice to stay with Lord Melchett in his Palazzo on the Grand Canal in 1933. He was to return on his own numerous times, notably throughout the 1950s and finally in 1960. In the present work we look towards the Doge’s Palace to the right and the Biblioteca Marciana by Jacopo Sansovino to the left, with the two columns in the centre, supporting St Mark’s Lion and St Theodore, the patron Saint of Venice.
[Oil on board, 50.8 x 76.2 cm]
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