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Details of gondola on a Venice canal
Canaletto and the Art of Venice: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-VENICE 1768)

A reliquary in the north transept of San Marco

c.1735

RCIN 907431

The drawing shows a sarcophagus under a canopy in the north transept of San Marco, surrounded by votive candles and kneeling worshippers. It possibly shows a reliquary containing the femur of the Blessed Doge Pietro Orseolo (AD 926–987), who was canonised in 1731.
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