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FÉLIX ZIEM (1821–1901)

The Doge's embarkation, beneath the Bridge of Sighs

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The Doge's embarkation, beneath the Bridge of Sighs



Oil on canvas
, signed lower left
(restored with a patch on the reverse)
95 x 69 cm - 37 3/8 x 27 1/8 in.

  • Zeller Collection, Germany (according to Anne Burdin-Hellebranth)
  • Auction, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Sotheby’s, New York, 8 October 1986, lot 375
  • Auction, Old and Modern Paintings, Anaf, Lyon, Sofitel Hotel, 16 March 1988, lot 471 (titled ‘Palaces and Gondolas’)
  • Private collection, France (acquired at the previous sale and subsequently passed down through the family)

Anne Burdin-Hellebranth, Félix Ziem, 1821–1911, Volume 1, Paris (?): A. Burdin-Hellebranth, 1998, described and reproduced under no. 730, p. 291

  • Félix Ziem (1821–1911), Leaving the Doge’s Palace beneath the Bridge of Sighs, c. 1870, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 81.5 × 66.5 cm, Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, PPP232, gift of Félix Ziem (1905)