Comments on: Venice – Portrait of a Lady/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceMon, 24 Apr 2023 12:36:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Janet Simmonds/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-32221Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:31:58 +0000/?p=24083#comment-32221In reply to Thomas Holes.

Please e-mail me at: janet@greyhoundtrainers.com or janet@grand-tourist.com

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]]>By: Thomas Holes/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-32204Tue, 18 Apr 2023 23:02:15 +0000/?p=24083#comment-32204In reply to Janet Simmonds.

I’d be happy to tell you everything I know. Feel free to email me with any questions. My mother would know more than I.

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]]>By: Janet Simmonds/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-32192Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:40:33 +0000/?p=24083#comment-32192In reply to Thomas Holes.

That’s amazing – I’d be so interested to learn more. I adore Ludwig Passini and his fabulous ‘scenes’ around Venice x

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]]>By: Thomas Holes/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-32184Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:59:24 +0000/?p=24083#comment-32184Recently looked through my family tree and found Ludwig was my great great uncle. My family has originals of his paintings in our home. My grandmother always spoke of this one as her favourite.

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]]>By: Mariano Fortuny and John Singer Sargent – The Educated Traveller/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-30993Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:00:24 +0000/?p=24083#comment-30993[…] were entranced not only by Venice but by the intellectual ‘coterie’ centered on Palazzo Barbaro. A perfect example of this is Isabella Stewart Gardner who was so enamoured with Venice and Palazzo […]

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]]>By: Istanbul – A Day in the City – The Educated Traveller/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-28860Wed, 04 May 2022 10:30:28 +0000/?p=24083#comment-28860[…] Perhaps start with Trieste a fascinating port and city, part of the Austrian Empire for 500 years. Today Trieste is Italy’s most north-easterly frontier town, on the borders with Croatia and Slovenia. The move on on from there to Paris or Athens before finishing up in Rome or Venice […]

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]]>By: Venice – happy to be back… – The Educated Traveller/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-25713Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:00:17 +0000/?p=24083#comment-25713[…] boat. NOTES:I’ve written numerous articles about Venice. Here are a few that you might enjoy:The beauty of VeniceMurano Venice – a long history of glass-makingSaints and Angels in Venice…Venice – from […]

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]]>By: Murano Venice – a long history of glass-making – The Educated Traveller/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-25201Thu, 06 May 2021 10:00:33 +0000/?p=24083#comment-25201[…] The beauty of Venice […]

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]]>By: Mary Lou Peters/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-24988Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:53:11 +0000/?p=24083#comment-24988What a beautiful study in light and shadows, I wasn’t familiar with this artist. Thank you for opening my eyes, Janet!

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]]>By: Janet Simmonds/2021/04/13/portrait-of-a-lady-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-24986Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:02:54 +0000/?p=24083#comment-24986In reply to Lingo in Transit.

Thank you – the 19th century artists (when they weren’t being impressionistic) had almost photographic skills. Canaletto too – much earlier had an extraordinary eye for details….

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