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Italy Through the Russian Eyes: Grigory Gagarin – The Gondola Races in Venice

Prince Grigory Gagarin was born in St Petersburg in 1811. Having spent his youth with his parents in Paris and Rome where his father served as an ambassador, Gagarin went on to study in Siena, at the collegium Tolomei. He received no formal training in painting, but instead took lessons with Karl Brullov, the younger brother of Alexander.

The gay and colourful “Gondola Races on the Grand Canal in Venice” was painted in 1830s. We see the Renaissance Venice, as Gagarin carefully recreated the puff sleeves and handpieces. In the view is also the magnificent Ponte Rialto. And in the video you can see the historic Regatta as it happens these days.

Author: Julia Shuvalova

Julia Shuvalova is the author of Los Cuadernos de Julia blog. She is an author of several books, a translator, and a Foreign Languages tutor. She lives and works in Moscow, Russia.

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