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CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-VENICE 1768)
The Piazza looking North-West with the Narthex of San Marco
c.1723-24RCIN 401037
An official is reading from a document at the Pietra del Bando, a truncated porphyry column at the corner of the narthex (porch) of San Marco, from where official proclamations were made. A section of the Campanile was overpainted here, to concentrate the weight on the right side of the composition.