Carlo Grubacs (Grubas)

(Perasto 1801–1864 Venice)
The Basilica San Marco with the Torre dell’Orologio and The Rialto Bridge, both signed C. Grubacs, gouache on paper, each 17 x 24 cm, framed, (2), (GG)

Provenance:
Private Collection, Italy.

Catalogued and illustrated in:
Fabrizio Magani, La Venezia dei Grubacs, Zel Edizioni, Ponzano Veneto 2017, p. 20, nos 11 and 12.

Carlo Grubacs enrolled at the Academy in Venice in 1818. There he absorbed the work of the great vedutisti such as Canaletto and Guardi. The present work depicts the Rialto Bridge. The Rialto was the commercial center of Venice housing the largest market in the city. It is the oldest and most famous of the four bridges crossing the Grand Canal.