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- Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
- Venice: the Riva degli Schiavoni
- Italy
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- Date: c. 1740–5
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 58.2 x 93.5 cm
- Object size: 80.5 x 115 x 8.5 cm
- Inv: P509
- Location: West Gallery I
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- The promenade or Riva degli Schiavoni depicts a view still familiar today, with its gondolas bobbing on the water before the Doge’s Palace, one of the best-known buildings in Venice, on the left. The columns of San Todaro and of the Lion of Saint Mark stand on the Piazzetta in front of the Palace, with the Ponte della Paglia and the Prison beyond. This view, along with its pendant (P516), were very popular with Canaletto’s patrons: they were engraved in 1742 by Visentini, and at least five other sets are known.
The conservation of P509 and P516 has been funded thanks to the 136 donors who gave through Art Happens, Art Fund’s crowd-funding platform. Artfund.org/arthappens
- The promenade or Riva degli Schiavoni depicts a view still familiar today, with its gondolas bobbing on the water before the Doge’s Palace, one of the best-known buildings in Venice, on the left. The columns of San Todaro and of the Lion of Saint Mark stand on the Piazzetta in front of the Palace, with the Ponte della Paglia and the Prison beyond. This view, along with its pendant (P516), were very popular with Canaletto’s patrons: they were engraved in 1742 by Visentini, and at least five other sets are known.