The island of Sant'Elena
Looking outward into the lagoon from the eastern tip of Venice, Canaletto drew the monastery on the island of Sant’Elena, and the same building from a different spot on the Isola di San Pietro.
Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768)
Sant' Elena and the Certosa from the Punta di Sant'Antonio c.1740
Pen and ink, with grey wash, over free and ruled pencil | 15.5 x 34.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 907488
