Washerwomen at the Canal

Emilio Gola (1851-1923)

This painting, which is dated 1893, gives us a view of the Naviglio, a very popular genre subject in those years. A number of figures are shown on the two banks of the canal by the gates of Milan. The water is seen at dawn (if, as seems likely, the setting is the Naviglio Grande) and it cuts across the composition diagonally, making it the ideal subject for the luministic and chromatic analysis that interested the painter. In terms of perspective, notice how the road markers on the left lead away to infinity, with the Duomo of Milan in the background.

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• TITLE

  Washerwomen at the Canal

• AUTHOR

  Emilio Gola (1851-1923)

• INVENTARIO

  1081

• DATE

  1893

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  180 × 200 cm

• SUBJECT

  Petit genre

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  19th century painting

• ROOM

  19