The Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, Venice Frame:natural Uccello was a versatile artist

Uccello was a versatile artist who worked at times on mosaic and stained glass design

The artist described this as 'a study of a magnificent curved staircase and balustrade

of which this is the largest and most magnificent

inhabited by the receding forms of men and animals

The Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, Venice Frame:natural Uccello was a versatile artistThe drawing shows a view up the Grand Canal from a point roughly in the middle of the opening into the Bacino di San Marco, focussing on the buildings between the Calle del Traghetto and Rio dele Ostreghe. The buildings are, from right to left: the Palazzo Contarini, with two upper storeys of ogee arched windows and balconies; the Palazzo Contarini Fasan, with two upper storeys of ogee arches and very ornate balconies; the Palazzo Manolesso Ferro,