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CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-VENICE 1768)
The Colleoni Monument in a Capriccio Setting
Signed and dated 1744RCIN 404415
This painting shows Andrea Verrocchio’s bronze sculpture of the general Bartolomeo Colleoni (1395–1475) situated in the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Unlike the real version, Canaletto instead shows it on an extraordinarily high pedestal surrounded by imaginary elements.