# Nocturnal Celebrations in Via Eugenia at Venice

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CAFFI, Ippolito](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffi-ippolito-r732b921dcfd260>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 27 x 44 cm

## Commentary

Nocturnal celebrations here give the artist the opportunity to transform the city under the dazzling light of the fireworks, offering the observer an unusual vision of streets and palazzos cloaked in a magical, almost supernatural atmosphere. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 18 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/handel\_fireworks.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Handel: Fireworks Music&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [A View of Florence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffi-ippolito-r732b921dcfd260/a-view-of-florence-r63a90c92c8e8b7>)
- [Bombardment of Marghera on the Night of May 24, 1849](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffi-ippolito-r732b921dcfd260/bombardment-of-marghera-on-the-night-of-may-24-1849-red6231d691b782>)
- [Snow and Fog on the Grand Canal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffi-ippolito-r732b921dcfd260/snow-and-fog-on-the-grand-canal-r46a577b3625f33>)
- [View of the Pantheon, Rome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffi-ippolito-r732b921dcfd260/view-of-the-pantheon-rome-r60ff6a0c22e8b0>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)