{"id":2607,"title":"The Bronze Horses of San Marco, Venice","medium":"Oil on canvas","classification":"Paintings","dimension":"40 1/4 × 32 1/2 in. (102.2 × 82.6 cm) (canvas)\r\n57 1/2 × 50 × 6 1/2 in. (146.1 × 127 × 16.5 cm) (outer frame)","object_name":"Painting","continent":"Americas","country":"United States","nationality":"American","dated":"1876","room":"G357","role":"Artist","inscription":"Signature and Date","signed":"LLC: [CCC Venezia 1876]; on stretcher: [CC Coleman/ 22 Via Margutta, Roma]","text":"American by birth, Charles Caryl Coleman settled permanently in Italy in 1866, establishing his studio on the Via Margutta in Rome. He often traveled to Venice during the summer where he studied the works of the old masters.\r\n\r\nThe unusual perspective of this composition offers a view of the bronze horses on the porch of the Basilica of San Marco. The upper section of the Clocktower looms in the background over the Piazza San Marco.","creditline":"Gift of the Regis Collection","accession_number":"79.13","artist":"Charles Caryl Coleman","life_date":"American, 1840–1928","department":"Arts of the Americas","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":4957,"image_height":5727,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"79    13","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"002000\\600\\00\\2607","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_5008688.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Coleman, The Bronze Horses of San Marco","_id":"2607","objectId":"2607","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p034.mp3","number":"034","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-02-04T06:00:50.797Z"}