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

London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House (detail)

1747
Oil on canvas
Private collection

The terraces in the foreground belong to Richmond House and, at the left, Montagu House. The figures on them parade, converse, and in a leisurely manner watch the spectacle of the river in the sunshine. While a number of smaller boats skull about on it, two larger decorated barges belonging to the City of London, make their way upstream.