This poster print features Canaletto's Venice: The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day.
The painting shows a view towards the Doge's Palace on the right, with Santa Maria della Salute and the entrance to the Grand Canal on the left. The annual ceremony of the Wedding of the Sea is about to take place.
About this painting Venice: The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day, about 1740
Oil on canvas,
121.9 x 182.8 cm © Bequeathed by Lord Revelstoke, 1929
This poster displays the artist's name and the National Gallery logo at the bottom.
