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- Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828)
- Venice: the Piazza San Marco
- France
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- Date: 1828
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 99.4 x 80.3 cm
- Object size: 129 x 110 x 12 cm
- Inv: P375
- Location: Housekeeper's Room
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- This is a very late work, left unfinished at Bonington’s death. The Piazza San Marco is seen from the west. In the background are the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile; on the left the Torre dell’Orologio, and on the right the Procuratie Nuove. Bonington spent four weeks in Venice during the course of his tour of northern Italy in April to June 1826 accompanied by his friend Charles Rivet. Inevitably the composition of this painting recalls Canaletto, though none of his known works precisely show this view. Bonington was a pioneer in reviving interest in Venice as a subject for painting.