Lot 18: Doge’s Palace in Venice, by Ricco Azzuro, oil on canvas painting 24” x 20”

Signed in right bottom corner: Rico Azzuro; At the back: Rico Azzuro – Veedig – Dogenpalast; From Paris Art Gallery, Chicago Illinois; Size of the stretcher: 27.5” x 20” inches = 55 cm x 50 cm; Condition: there are two deepening on the surface in the left part of the painting: 4 cm x 2 cm and 0.5 cm x 0.5 cm, other than that very fine condition. The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a gothic palace in Venice, northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice. Its two most visible façades look towards the Venetian Lagoon and St. Mark's Square, or rather the Piazzetta. The use of arcading in the lower stories produces an interesting "gravity-defying" effect. There is also effective use of colour contrasts