Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir — Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal). Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir, ca. 1763–68. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir

by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

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Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
Date: ca. 1763–68
Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk
Dimensions: 11 x 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession no.: 1975.1.295

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