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 View looking across the Piazza towards the campanile and San Marco. A number of figures give animation to the scene. In the foreground on the right, a group of three ladies and three gentlemen in conversation. Near the centre, two magistrates in robes.

Canvas, 3o 1/2 in. by 36 1/2 in. From the Collection of Miss Russell, West Hill, Putney.

On the left the Doge's Palace, on the right the Zecca or Mint and Library, and the Campanile. A crowd of people throng round a high platform erected in the centre of the square, on which a company of acrobats are performing.

Signed : Francesco Guardi f. 1708. Canvas, 191 2in. by 33in.