# The Caffe Florian on Piazza San Marco, Venice [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GRUBACS, Carlo]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on oak panel, 11 x 16 cm ## Commentary The <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/c/cadorin/florian.html'\)" href="/html/c/cadorin/florian.html">Caffe Florian</a> is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720, and is a contender for the title of the oldest coffee house in continuous operation. It is known as Caffe Florian, after its original owner Floriano Francesconi. Situated in the Piazza San Marco, it has always been a meeting place, and has hosted such local and foreign luminaries as Casanova, Dickens, Goldoni, Byron and Proust. ## Related artworks - [A View of Venice]() - [A View of Venice]() - [View of the Doge's Palace, Venice]() - [View of the Piazzetta from the Bacino di San Marco, Venice]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()