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Bacino di S. Marco: From the Piazzetta

Bacino di S. Marco: From the Piazzetta
(c. 1750)

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
131.4 × 163.2 cm
Accession Number
E1-1986
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1986
© Public Domain
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Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work

Canaletto’s views of Venice were disseminated widely in Europe as both paintings and prints, which he produced primarily for the developing tourist market in Italy, and particularly for wealthy Englishmen on the Grand Tour of the Continent. This painting is one of four views of Venice that were commissioned from Canaletto by William Holbech, for the dining room of his family home, Farnborough Hall, in Warwickshire. Holbech had spent fifteen years in Venice and knew Canaletto well.

Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
boats Canal Grande (canal) columns (architectural elements) Italy (nation) piazzas (squares) Saint Mark's Basin (basin) statues Venice (inhabited place)