The Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (Apollonio Domenichini) Active in Venice during the second and third quarters of the 18th Century

The statue of St. John Nepomuk, a 14th-century martyr saint and the patron saint of Bohemia, that stands on the balustrade in front of the church of San Geremia, was erected in 1742 by Giovanni Marchiori (1696-1778), thus providing a terminus ante quem for this painting. Canaletto doctored his painting of the same view (Royal Collection, London), originally executed in 1726-7, in or shortly after 1742, adding the balustrade and the statue of St. John Nepomuk, although it is unknown why he felt it necessary to 'update' the painting in this way.

In the centre of the composition is the entrance to the canal of the Cannaregio, which heads north-west to the mainland, and which is spanned by the 16th-century Ponte delle Guglie. To the left is the church of San Geremia and its 13th-century bell-tower; while the tower still survives the church was rebuilt in 1753-60 by Carlo Corbellini. The building adjoining the bell-tower is the Palazzo Labia, begun in the mid-17th century and extensively decorated in fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in 1746-47.