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The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
Canaletto's birthplace The Stonemason's Yard, painted c. 1725. He was born in Venice as the son of the painter Bernardo Canal, hence his mononym Canaletto ("little Canal"), and Artemisia Barbieri. [5] Canaletto served an apprenticeship with his father and his brother of a theatrical scene painter.
Canaletto, The Porta Portello Padua: 1741–42: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States Canaletto, il molo verso la riva degli schiavoni con la colonna di san marco, ante 1742 (1) before 1742: Canaletto, il molo verso la riva degli schiavoni con la colonna di san marco, ante 1742 (2) before 1742
In the seven centuries since the Ponte Vecchio was first built in Florence, Italy, the bridge has watched the city changing around it, surviving floods, fires and the Nazi invasion in World War II.
Leaving the Ponte Vecchio, the corridor then wraps round a medieval tower, through the eaves of a church, and out into the Boboli Gardens, beside the Grotta del Buontalenti, a 16th-century water ...
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 ...
The Ponte Vecchio "Old Bridge", is a Medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers.
New Horse Guards by Canaletto, c.1753. It is now in the collection of Tate Britain, on a long-term loan from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. [4] It hangs in the Pimlico gallery a short distance away from the artist's New Horse Guards, painted a few years later and showing the replacement building under construction. [5]