The city was a landscape by Ippolito Caffi covered with snow. That’s at least what I thought at the beginning and as I decided to pursue that image I saw snow everywhere: like a sheet of glass broken into a million intangible pieces; it lay on roof tiles, balconies, shutters, thresholds, window sills, and embankments depicting facades and the spread of water with glittering specks of white dust.

A tricky dream transformed the sultriness of summer into a wintry cold….
CONTINUE READING IN ENGLISH: Venice Snow Caffi EN
LEGGI IN ITALIANO: Venezia Neve Caffi IT

Breathtaking views by Ippolito Caffi (1809-1866) at the Museo Correr on show through January 8, 2017;  See the exhibition in Venice

above:   Ippolito Caffi,  Venezia,  Neve  e  nebbia  in  Canal  Grande,  1842,             Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
below:  Robert Morgan, Verso Marghera, 2009, private collection, London  www.robertmorganvenice.com