The image shows a view through an archway, with columns framing a canal and a bridge. People in period clothing are scattered along the canal, and a man is rowing a boat. Historic buildings line the canal, and a bell tower with a dome and cross is visible in the distance. The sky is clear with wisps of clouds. The color palette includes browns, grays, pinks, blues, and vibrant blue water. Brushstrokes convey movement and energy.
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San Giorgio dei Greci, Seen from an Arcade

Samuel Prout (British, 1783 - 1852)

1824/1829

Medium
pen and brown ink and pen and gray ink over graphite, with watercolor and gouache, touched with gum arabic, on medium wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 42.3 × 27.5 cm (16 5/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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