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CANALETTO: Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco

CANALETTO
🖼 Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco, c. 1725
Oil on canvas
125 × 165 cm
Dresden, Germany

Precise architectural lines and luminous skies define this Venetian veduta, capturing the Gothic facades of Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the ornate Scuola di San Marco in crystalline detail. Canaletto's topographically accurate rendering established the veduta genre's commercial appeal, influencing European taste for documentary cityscape painting.

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