Albert Goodwin's watercolor of Florence's serene Ponte Alle Grazie is a sobering reminder of a beautiful lost bridge, which it seems once nearly rivaled the nearby Ponte Vecchio. The bridge was destroyed by the retreating German army in 1944. A new if far less distinctive bridge was completed in 1953.
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ALBERT GOODWIN, RWS (1845-1932)
THE PONTE ALLE GRAZIE BEFORE ITS DEMOLITION, FLORENCE
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The modern Ponte Alle Grazie
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| Albert Goodwin, RWS, The Ponte Alle Grazie Before its Demolition, Florence, 1883 |
Note: My previous post concerning two watercolors by
Albert Goodwin from the collection of comedian John Cleese can be found
here.
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