# The Piazzetta from the Bacino di San Marco [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 cm ## Commentary The Piazzetta from the Bacino di San Marco c. 1700 Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome The Venetian views of Van Wittel are characterised by the accuracy in details, the topographical precision and the crystalline quality of colour. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 12 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/marcello\_oboe.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Benedetto Marcello: Oboe concerto in D minor</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## 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]()