Tag: square

Piazza San Marco (1760s)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Piazza San Marco late 1760s Oil on canvas, 68.9 x 85.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This view can be compared to Canaletto’s of the same location painted forty years prior. Guardi’s technique is far looser…

Place André-Malraux (Paris)

Place André-Malraux in Art: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place du Théâtre-Français, effet de brouillard 1897 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Place du Théâtre-Français au printemps 1898 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See also: • Malraux, André (1901-1976) | Paris…

Place de la Concorde (Paris)

Completed: 1772 Address: 75008 Paris, France Place de la Concorde in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Place de la Concord 1960 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See…

Piazza della Signoria (Firenze)

Opening date: 1330 Address: P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italia Piazza della Signoria in Art: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) La Piazza della Signoria a Firenze 1740 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     See also: • Firenze (Italia) | Museo di Palazzo…

Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (1743-1747)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice) 1743–1747 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venezia)

Piazza San Marco (1742-1744)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (The Square of Saint Mark’s, Venice) 1742–1744 Oil on canvas, 114.6 x 153 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of men with several women and a few children gather in pairs or small groups…

Piazza San Marco (late 1720s)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) late 1720s Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 112.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most celebrated view painter of eighteenth-century Venice, Canaletto was particularly popular with British visitors to the…