Joseph II Heintz (1600-1678) - Lot 45

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Joseph II Heintz (1600-1678) - Lot 45
Joseph II Heintz (1600-1678) The Marriage of the Doge from the Bucentaurus facing Saint Mark's Square Oil on canvas H_117.5 cm W_160 cm Our painting depicts the moment of the Doge's Wedding to the Sea, an emblematic tradition of the city of Venice. This ceremony symbolizes the Venetian Republic's domination of the waters. On this occasion, the Doge throws a golden ring into the sea, pronouncing the Latin formula: "Desponsamus te, mare, in signum veri perpetuique dominii", which means: "We marry you, sea, as a sign of true and perpetual domination". Painted in an imposing format, our work represents this high point in Venetian life, which marked Ascension Day for almost six centuries, until Bonaparte's troops invaded in 1797. The ceremony is organized around the splendid Bucentaure, a ship used exclusively for this celebration. Extraordinarily luxurious, it took its name from its centaur-shaped figurehead, and was used by the doge to perform the symbolic gesture of throwing the golden ring into the Adriatic Sea. This great galley moved thanks to the strength of its rowers, who numbered up to forty-two. Joseph II Heintz, a Swiss painter who spent most of his life in Venice, almost a century before Canaletto and Guardi, Heintz produced fabulous depictions of Saint Mark's Square and the Ascension Day ceremonies. These paintings regularly feature the Bucentaurus. Expert: Cabinet Artéon
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