File:Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, by Canaletto, 1730. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.jpg

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Alternative names	Birth name: Giovanni Antonio Canal Pseudonym: Il Canaletto
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher
Date of birth/death	17 October 1697	10 April 1768
Location of birth/death	Venice	Venice
Work period	from 1716 until 1768
Work location	Venice (1716–1719), Rome (1719), Vienna, Dresden, Venice (1720–1746), London (circa 1746–1756), Venice (circa 1756–1768)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Piazza San Marco with the Basilica

Date

circa 1730

Medium

oil and canvas

Dimensions

Height: 76 cm (29.9 in). Width: 114.5 cm (45.1 in).

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Fogg Museum

	Native name	Fogg Art Museum
	Parent institution	Harvard University
	Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
	Coordinates	42° 22′ 26.51″ N, 71° 6′ 53.20″ W
	Established	1895
	Website	www.harvardartmuseums.org

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CANALETTO

(b. 1697, Venezia, d. 1768, Venezia)

Piazza San Marco with the Basilica c. 1730 Oil on canvas, 76 x 114,5 cm Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge

At the end of the 1720s Canaletto started to paint Venetian scenes flooded with sunlight, the details of the animated city were depicted with great care. The Piazza San Marco with the Basilica is an example.

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Author: CANALETTO Title: Piazza San Marco with the Basilica Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: landscape

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