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The Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco

painting by Canaletto
VisualArtwork painting Q19660489
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Summary

The Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco is a painting[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Canaletto[3]
  • Genre: Veduta[4]
  • Depicts: Venice[5], Piazza San Marco[6], Piazzetta San Marco[7], Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana[8], St Mark's Clocktower[9]
  • Made from material: oil paint[10], canvas[11]
  • Collection: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art[12]
  • Inventory number: 55-36[13]
  • Location: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art[14]
  • Catalog code: 43[15], 26[16]
  • Inception: 1729[17]
  • Title: The Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco[18]
  • Height: 52.07 cm[19]
  • Width: 69.52 cm[20]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://art.nelson-atkins.org/apis/iiif/presentation/v2/objects-12179/manifest[21]
  • Copyright status: public domain[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved . art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved . art.nelson-atkins.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Oursana · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image with frame → The Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco, Canaletto, 1728-173
    Image → Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Piazza San Marco - th
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Inception: 1720s"
  2. 18w ago · Oursana · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 43, 26
    Made from material → oil paint, canvas
    Copyright status → public domain
    Imported from → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Piazza San Marco - the Clocktower - WGA03885.jpg"
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