The Stonemason's Yard
Giovanni Antonio Canal · 1725
The story
The Stonemason's Yard (formally known as Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità) is an early oil painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. It depicts an informal scene in Venice, looking over a temporary stonemason's yard in the Campo San Vidal set up for the construction of Andrea Tirali's facade of the church of San Vidal, and across the Grand Canal towards the church of Santa Maria della Carità. Painted in the mid to late 1720s, it is now in the collection of the National Gallery in London and is considered one of Canaletto's finest works.
- Artist
- Giovanni Antonio Canal
- Date
- 1725
- Collection
- National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 124 × 163 cm
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