CANALETTO
(b. 1697, Venezia, d. 1768, Venezia)

The Molo and the Riva degli Schiavoni from the Bacino di San Marco

1740
Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 63 cm
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

This painting is an example of Canaletto's mature style, with its extraordinary brilliance of colour and superb clarity. It was part of a group of 13 vedute.