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CANALETTO: The Molo with the Library and the Entrance to the Grand Canal

CANALETTO
🖼 The Molo with the Library and the Entrance to the Grand Canal, c. 1740
Oil on canvas
110.5 × 185.5 cm

Golden light bathes Venice's waterfront as gondolas glide past the Library and Molo's architectural splendor, rendered in precise linear perspective and luminous detail. Canaletto's veduta established the golden standard for topographical painting, influencing European taste for Venetian scenes and tourism itself.

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E. H. Gombrich
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