The Narthex of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, P. van der OUDERAA, 1868

“The Narthex of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice,” oil on canvas, signed lower right “Van Ouderaa, Venedig,” (18)68.
The scene is set during the Renaissance.
Pierre Jean Van der OUDERAA (1841–1915), painter of religious subjects, genre scenes, portraits, and Orientalist subjects. At the age of 15, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and quickly became a student of Jacobs, Van Lerius, and De Kayser. In 1861, he won the Grand Prix d’Expression.
He traveled to the East—to Algiers, Tunis, and Oran—but it was especially after a trip to Palestine in 1893 that his artistic style evolved toward Orientalism…
Exhibitions in London, Bordeaux, Brussels, Lyon, etc. Numerous works in museums.
Beautiful frame from the J. Lauriks company, gilder for the Antwerp Museum.
Exhibition label with the number 3925