# The Island of San Michele, Looking toward Murano [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 36 x 47 cm ## Commentary Van Wittel made at least two trips to Northern Italy between 1690 and 1694. He may have visited Venice more than once. He probably made there drawings from life and produced paintings based on them later in his studio in Rome. Van Wittel most likely executed dozens of views of and in Venice; the majority of them showing the city from the water. These compositions have turned into models for his Venetian successors, who were to produce comparable scenes for comparable clients. ## Related artworks - [A View of Tivoli]() - [Bacino di San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Bacino di San Marco]() - [Castel Sant'Angelo from the South]() - [Landscape with the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati]() - [Landscape with the Villa Farnese at Caprarola]() - [Piazza San Marco: Looking South]() - [Rome: A View of The Colosseum]() - [Rome: A View of the Ponte Salario]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande \(detail\)]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande]() - [Rome: The Ponte Sisto]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()