A Lawyer

A Lawyer at the Victoria and Albert Museum is another figure study from Carlevarijs' collection of character types used in his vedute. The legal profession was prominent in Venice's elaborate civic and judicial system. Carlevarijs documented Venice in oil on canvas with architectural precision drawn partly from his own engravings, staffing his panoramic views with animated crowds of merchants, tourists, and gondoliers rendered in small, fluid strokes.

The lawyer's distinctive robes identify his profession, rendered with attention to the costume details that differentiated Venetian social classes in Carlevarijs' populated views.