Dozens of men with several women and a few children gather in pairs or small groups across a sun-drenched plaza in front of a domed church next to a long, pale pink building in this horizontal painting. The people’s faces and hands we can see have pale, peachy skin. The men wear hats and shin-length capes or jackets over stockings in tones of charcoal gray, olive green, butterscotch yellow, black, and brown. The women wear black capes covering their heads and long, full skirts. The ash-brown plaza has two zones where geometric patterns are picked out in a lighter, oatmeal brown. Three…
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The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice

Canaletto (Venetian, 1697 - 1768)

1742/1744

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 114.6 x 153 cm (45 1/8 x 60 1/4 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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