Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Piazza San Marco in Venice
Image View:
Detail, San Marco (St. Mark's) with street vendors in front and the base of the Campanile to the right
Creator:
Canaletto (Italian painter, 1697-1768)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 75 (1956.1)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
ca. 1723-1724 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Eighteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
141.5 cm (height) x 204.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; Venice; Italo-Byzantine architecture; vedute; veduta
Description:
Canaletto was the leading painter of city views, or vedute, in eighteenth-century Venice. This early work, which nonetheless displays the most outstanding features of his style, depicts the most famous square in Venice from a high viewpoint, thus ensuring a broader frame for the composition. The horizontal line formed in the background by the façades of St. Mark’s and the Doge’s Palace contrasts sharply with the vertical thrust of the Campanile, while the Procuratie lining both sides of the square give depth to the perspective. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CANALETTO-TBM-PS M-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Piazza San Marco in Venice