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

The Campo di Rialto

1758-63
Oil on canvas, 119 x 186 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

This austere, strikingly effective canvas, which belongs to the group of four paintings executed for Sigmund Streit, a German merchant who lived in Venice and Padua, depicts the Campo di Rialto. To the left is the goldsmiths' centre - the Ruga degli Orefici - and the Palazzo dei Dieci Savi, with the campanile of San Giovanni degli Elemosinario in the background. To the centre and at the right is the Fabbriche Vecchie di Rialto.




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