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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘The Mouth of the Grand Canal looking West towards the Carità’, c. 1729/30 (detail)
The Royal Collection. Photo: Copyright © 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II/The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti: ‘The Miraculous Healing of the Daughter of Begnvenudo’, c. 1502 (p. 6 detail)
Galleria dell’ Academia, Venice. Photo: Copyright © Cameraphoto Arte Venezia/The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘Saint Mark’s Square towards South and West’, 1739/40 (detail)
Courtesy of Derek Johns Ltd., London |
10/11 |
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Gentile Bellini: ‘Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo’, c. 1500
Courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali. Photo: Copyright © Scala, Florenz |
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Gondola Construction plan Plate 1 by Gilberto Penzo, 1993 (p. 16: the stern. p. 19: the prow)
‘Rilievi, piani di costruzione, modelli di barche adriatiche’. Copyright © 1993 Gilberto Penzo, Venice |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘The Bacino di San Marco on Ascencion Day’, c. 1733/34 |
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The Royal Collection. Photo: Copyright © 2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II/The Bridgeman Art Library (p. 64 details) |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘A Regatta on the Grand Canal’, c. 1740 (detail)
National Gallery, London. Photo: Copyright © The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘View of Piazzetta of Bacino di San Marco with Libreria, Torre del Orologio and Basilica di San Marco’. Section from painting ‘The Doge Palace’, 1750
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Photo: Copyright © akg-images/Rabatti – Domingie |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘Regatta on the Grand Canal from Ca’ Foscari’, c. 1740 (detail)
Windsor, Royal Borough Museum Collection. Photo: Copyright © 2013 DeAgostini Picture Library/Scala, Florence |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘The Grand Canal from the Campo San Vio, Venice, about 1728
Copyright © Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh |
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Vittore Carpaccio: ‘Hunting on the Lagoon’, about 1490–1495, Oil on panel, unframed 75.6 x 63.8 cm (29 ¾ x 25 1/8 in.)
Copyright © The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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Gabriele Bella: ‘The Women’s Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice’, ante 1782 (?)
Galleria Querini-Stampalia, Venice. Photo: Copyright © The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘The Customs House and the Riva della Zattera’, undated (detail)
Milan, Crespi Collection. Photo: Copyright © 2013 Scala, Florence |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘Reception of the Imperial Ambassador at the Doge’s Palace’, 1729 (details)
Milan, Crespi Collection. Photo: Copyright © 2013 Scala, Florence |
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Michele Marieschi: ‘Veduta of the Palazzo Ducale at the Bacino di San Marco against Santa Maria Della Salute’, undated
Private Collection. Photo: Copyright © Artothek |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘River of the Beggars’, 1723/24 (detail)
Ca’ Rezzonico, Museo del Settecento, Venice. Photo: Copyright © Alinari/The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Gabriele Bella: ‘Il Corso delle Cortigiane in Rio della Sensa, Venice’, post 1779? – ante 1792
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. Photo: Copyright © Cameraphoto Arte Venezia/The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Joseph Heintz the Younger: ‘Veduta of the Rialto Bridge’, Oil on canvas, undated
Galleria Estense, Modena. Inv. 2937. Courtesy of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali – Archivio Fotografico della SBSAE di Modena e Reggio Emilia |
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Vittore Carpaccio: ‘Detail of the Relic of the True Cross on the Rialto Bridge’, 1494
Galleria dell’ Academia, Venice. Photo: Copyright © akg-images/Cameraphoto |
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Jacopo de’ Barbari: ‘Perspective City Map of Venice’, Engraving, c. 1500 (detail)
Museo Correr, Venice. Photo: Copyright © The The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Jacopo de’ Barbari: ‘Perspective City Map of Venice’, Engraving, c. 1500 (detail)
Private Collection. Photo: © The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘The Molo, looking West with the Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute’, Venice, c. 1730
Tatton Park, Cheshire, National Trust, UK. Photo: Copyright © Leemage/Universal Images Group/Getty Images |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘Saint Mark’s Square from the Basilica towards the Church of San Geminiano and the Procuratie Nuove’, Venice, c. 1735 (detail)
Photo: Copyright © De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti/Getty Images |
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Francesco Guardi: ‘Regatta on the Grand Canal in Venice at Rialto’, undated (detail)
Photo: Copyright © De Agostini Picture Library/G. Dagli Orti /akg-images |
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Joseph Heintz the Younger: ‘Regatta at Murano’, 1648 (p. 79 detail) |
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Museo Correr, Venice. Photo: Copyright © Alinari/The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘Regatta on the Grand Canal’, undated (p. 85 detail) |
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The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham. Photo: Copyright © The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal): ‘A Regatta on the Grand Canal’, c. 1735 (detail)
National Gallery, London. Photo: Copyright © The Bridgeman Art Library |
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Illustration: ‘Cruise Liner sinking a Gondola’ Copyright © Michael Sowa |
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Gondola Construction Plan plate 7 by Gilberto Penzo, 1993
‘Rilievi, piani di costruzione, modelli di barche adriatiche’. Copyright © 1993 Gilberto Penzo, Venice |