Alice Boyd

Alice Boyd (1823-1897)

Capella di S. Clemente, S. Marco, Venice

Inscribed and dated l.r.: Capella di S. Clemente S. Marco/21 June 1873., watercolour over pencil with touches of white

35.3 x 25.5 cm.; 13 7/8 x 10 inches

The artist painted this subject in oil, recorded in Ellen C. Clayton, English Female Artists, London 1876, Vol. 2, p. 41.

From 26 May to 6 July 1873 Alice travelled through Europe with Bell Scott, his wife Letitia, William Michael Rossetti and Lucy Madox Brown. Their tour started in Chambéry, France and continued through Italy where they stopped in Venice on their way home.

William Bell Scott drew a similar view in pencil from a slightly different angle, entitled The Interior of St Marks, now in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland (D4715.28B).