Capriccio with ruins and porta portello in padua

Canaletto

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Work Overview

Capriccio with Ruins and Porta Portello in Padua
Canaletto
Date: c.1760; Padova / Patavium / Padua, Italy *
Style: Rococo
Genre: capriccio
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 76 x 61 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice


This painting is probably the companion piece of the Capriccio with Classical Ruins and Buildings with which it shares its use of light and colour. The monument in the middle distance provides the greatest point of luminosity.