CANALETTO

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

Medium

oil on canvas

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1986
© Public Domain

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.

Artwork Details

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
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Gallery location

17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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)

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CANALETTO

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