The campo di rialto

Canaletto

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The Campo di Rialto
Canaletto
Date: c.1758-63; Venice, Italy *
Style: Rococo
Genre: veduta
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 119 x 186 cm
Location: 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.