Follower of Giovanni Ghisolfi

In the possession of the present owner's family since the beginning of the 20th Century.

Though aware of view paintings by Venetian artists such as Marco Ricci and Luca Carlevarijs, the painter of this veduta would appear to have been of non-venetian origins. The dark ground and defined handling of both figures and architecture point to an artist working in the following of Giovanni Ghisolfi and a dating at the end of the 17th century seems likely. The fact that the view is not topographically accurate - not only is the Giudecca displaced but the artist has put only one instead of two columns in the Piazzetta - would indicate that the painter was probably using sources such as engravings for his design, rather than painting the scene from life.