In this work the artist presents a frontal view dominated by Santa Maria della Salute, one of the city’s most celebrated buildings together with the Piazza San Marco and the Doge’s Palace. Marieschi depicted this stretch of the Grand Canal on various occasions and in several versions. The painting has been dated to Marieschi’s last phase, around 1738–40 and is considered to be an autograph work by the artist. It was previously in the collection of Dimitri Tziracopoulo in Athens, and had been studied by Constable, who included it in his monograph on Canaletto of 1962, before it entered the Collection. The present The Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1970.
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Among his patrons was Marshal Von Schulenburg (an important patron of Ceruti), for whom Marieschi painted a series of views. In addition to making a close study of Canaletto’s work, Marieschi also looked to Luca Carlevarijs and Marco Ricci, particularly their capriccios. Marieschi may have decided to focus on capriccios and views of Venice as a result of Canaletto’s success in this genre, considering that he would enjoy the patronage of the same group of clients who purchased works by the great Venetian master. Other areas of his career are also problematic, including the dating of his works as well as the nature of his collaboration with his closest assistant, Francesco Albotto, who on Marieschi’s death continued to imitate his style, a fact that has made the latter’s work more difficult to attribute.
Marieschi may have spent time in Gaspare Diziani’s studio while he was an apprentice.
Aside from that source, the earliest information available to us links Marieschi with the world of theatrical set design and temporary architecture, areas in which he worked in Venice in the early 1730s, after which he focused his activities on painting and printmaking. Some of the information known regarding the training and early years of this short-lived artist is to be found in Orlandi’s Abecedario Pittorico.
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