Provenance:

With Doll & Richards, Boston, Mass.

Private Collection, Delray Beach, Florida.

Carlo Grubas, whose family was originally from Perasto in Dalmatia, was amongst the foremost Venetian view painters of the 19th century. He carried on the tradition of earlier 18th century artists such as Canaletto (1697-1768) and Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), of producing works popular with Grand Tourists as souvenirs of their travels. Although there is little documentation of his life we do know that he went to Venice at the age of seventeen, in 1818, with his cousins Agostino and Antonio Grubas in order to further his study and career as an artist. By 1830 he was working independently and both he and his son, who was born in the same year, became members of the Venice Accademia.