This painting depicts a square seen from above, surrounded by elegant architectural structures. On the left side, there is a large building with a red-brown facade and arched white windows with columns. On the right, there is an ornate off-white structure with arches and detailed stonework. Both of these long buildings stretch from the sides of the painting towards the center, where they converge at a gray building with tall spires and large blue domes behind it. In the square there are countless people in colorful attire, wearing shades of pink, red, blue, green, yellow, black, and blue.…
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Procession in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice

painter Antonio Joli (Italian, c. 1700 - 1777)

1742 or after

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 160.7 x 221.6 cm (63 1/4 x 87 1/4 in.) ; framed: 181.3 x 240.7 cm (71 3/8 x 94 3/4 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Hutton
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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