Provenance

Princess Antonia of Portugal (1884-1907). 

Prosdocimi was known for his watercolour scenes of Venice, as well as for his manuscript illuminations, a tradition his father had also practised. He painted multiple versions of this particular view, the present work being one of the finest.

This large-scale watercolour was previously in the collection of Princess Antonia of Portugal. A previous backing board lists the name 'Hohenzollern', likely because Princess Antonia was married to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern (1885-1905).