Minneapolis Institute of Art
La Piera del Bando (The Proclamation Stone, Venice)
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
- Date
- 1740–45
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
At left, near the portico of St. Mark’s Basilica, a man stands on a short, stout column—the Proclamation Stone, a fragment of ancient porphyry brought back to Venice from Syria during the Fourth Crusade (1202-4). He is the comandador, who reads out legal announcements to the public. The building with the long facade is the Doge’s palace, the seat of Venetian government. In the distance, we see the church of S. Giorgio Maggiore and its tower. The two columns bear statues representing the city’s patron saints: a lion for Mark, and a warrior for Theodore. Italy, Europe
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