Moonlit Venetian Lagoon Scene, after Ippolito Caffi – Signed Gracco Mattioni Vintage

Moonlit Venetian Lagoon Scene, after Ippolito Caffi – Signed Gracco Mattioni VintageAdditional Description: A beautifully atmospheric Venetian lagoon scene rendered in charcoal on paper, depicting the iconic waterfront of Piazza San Marco under a luminous, cloud filled night sky. The composition captures the Gothic arcade of the Doges Palace at left, its delicate tracery silhouetted against the glowing lagoon, while the column of Saint Marktopped with the winged lionrises prominently in the distance alongside a slender campanile. The

At the end of the handle sits a pivoting steel tweezer mechanism

When the marks appear on oak buckets

active mid-19th century

Juno (Roman goddess

and a rose bouquet at her chest

Watercolor on ivory (or early composite)

Original mounting hardware not present

natural marble veining and the warm

including carved rosette blocks at the joints and stylized foliate detailing along the supports

Large-format caskets such as this were particularly desirable in well-appointed interiors

Painting style is rather primitive or "naive" espeically in the facial modeling and brushwork which likely indicates either itinerant or folk portraitist (Common in early American and provincial British portraiture) or amateur hand (possibly painted within the family or locally commissioned)

and pierced decoration around the border