Canaletto - Venice, The Piazza San Marco [c.1756]

Canaletto - Venice, The Piazza San Marco [c.1756], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

This is a view of San Marco and the campanile from beneath the colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove on the south side of the piazza. One of the figures in the foreground is holding a cup and saucer; nearby (but out of the picture) is the site of the famous Café Florian, a well-known centre of Venetian social life.

[Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 38.1 cm]