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From a point of view over the water, we look across a bustling canal at a bridge, which is flanked by rows of buildings to each side in this horizontal painting. At the center of the composition, the pink stone bridge spanning the canal is edged with white stone along its three arches and the top of its stepped deck. At least fifteen people standing or walking along the bridge are painted with touches of dark red, brown, pale yellow, ice blue, white, and black. The canal is busy with gondolas and other small boats, each rowed by standing people with oars. Some boats have covered compartments…
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View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice

Francesco Guardi (Venetian, 1712 - 1793)

c. 1775-1780

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 50 x 76.8 cm (19 11/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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