In “Campo San Rocco” Canaletto places the Scuola Grande at the centre, with its solemn Renaissance façade, turning the campo into a true urban theatre.
The building dominates the scene like a monumental backdrop, while all around move figures of different social backgrounds: townsfolk, clergy, veiled women, children playing, even a few dogs, conveying the everyday life of the neighbourhood.
The clear morning light enhances the marble and the rhythm of the windows, while the square, broad and almost bare, seems to be preparing for a festival or a procession, suspended between devotion and 18th-century Venetian worldliness.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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