CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-VENICE 1768)
Piazza San Marco looking West towards San Geminiano
c.1723-4RCIN 405935
The church of San Geminiano and the west side of the Piazza were demolished by Napoleon in 1807. Canaletto first painted the Procuratie Nuove extending up to the left edge, as in the drawing, but then added the Campanile and Loggetta over it.