VENETO PAINTER OF THE 18TH-19TH CENTURY Capricci with Palladian buildings Oil on canvas, 55X76 cm Provenance: Milan, Salvetti Gallery (second label on the back) Milan, private collection Similar to the preceding canvas, this painting depicts a Palladian transfiguration of the Grand Canal crossed by a bridge reminiscent of the one designed by the famous architect, but with five arches and a flattened dome and niche roof. A three-storey circular building appears on the left, with a rectangular portico decorated by columns, pillars and sculptures. Venetian houses can be seen to the left and right of the bridge, to the left stands a bell tower close to that of the church of San Pantalon, to the right another similar to that of San Polo can be glimpsed (Constable ; Links 1989). Reference bibliography: G. W. Constable, Canaletto. Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, London 1976, ad vocem