Well
Head
Jpg: Philip
Resheph
The cistern or well
(pozzo)
can be found in the middle of most Campi. Given the shallow island
nature
of the city, fresh drinking water was a problem and the wells were
filled
by the rainwater from the rooftops of the surrounding houses.
Philip Resheph
tells me: "This one
is by Bartolomeo Bon - most campi have at least one and they seem to
crop
up in JSS's paintings."
I especially enjoy
this photo as
it shows so clearly not only the decorative well head but the
balustrade
behind it which is similar to what Sargent painted in his portrait of Richard
Morris Hunt.
Richard
Morris
Hunt
Not all well heads
are quite as ornate
as Bon's. In a more general area of the city and less affluent
the
well head shown in the photo lower left is much closer to Sargent's
painting
of Venetian Water Carriers (lower right).
Photo |
Venetian
Water Carriers |
Notes:
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