Bacino di San Marco from the Puntana della Dogana

Bacino di San Marco from the Puntana della Dogana is a 1740-1745 oil on canvas painting by Canaletto, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.[1] It forms a pair with The Grand Canal looking towards Punta della Dogana from Campo Sant'Ivo (also in Pinacoteca di Brera[2]), with both works produced in the artist's mature period just before his move to London.[3]

Bacino di San Marco from the Puntana della Dogana (1740-1745) by Canaletto

It shows the Bacino di San Marco (San Marco basin) from punta della Dogana. It is more light-filled than his previous works, with clearer brushwork and showing the scene in the midday sun with more figures than in his earlier work.[4][5]

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  1. ^ (in Italian) Luisa Arrigoni, Emanuela Daffra, Pietro C. Marani, Pinacoteca di Brera, Pinacoteca di Brera: guida ufficiale, Touring Club Italiano, 1999, ISBN 88-365-1405-7.
  2. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  3. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  4. ^ "Analisi dell'Opera entry" (in Italian). 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "WGA entry".