The Stonemason's Yard

Canaletto

c. 1725 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery, London

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About this work

Artist: Canaletto (1697–1768)
Year: c. 1725
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 124 × 163 cm
Collection: National Gallery, London
Movement: Baroque

Shortly after dawn in the Campo San Vidal, masons chisel blocks of Istrian stone in a square that has been turned into a temporary workshop while the church of San Vidal, behind the viewer, is being rebuilt. A cockerel crows on a windowsill, a woman draws water from the well, a child has toppled over and his mother rushes to him under the eye of a neighbour airing bedding from a window, and across the Grand Canal stand the church and campanile of Santa Maria della Carità. Canaletto painted it around 1725, early in his career, probably for a Venetian rather than a visiting buyer, and it is unlike the polished views of St Mark's he later sold to English tourists: the plaster is crumbling, laundry hangs everywhere, and the light is real morning light. It is among the earliest paintings to use Prussian blue. The National Gallery in London has long counted it among his finest works.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Stonemason's Yard (Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità) in the public domain?

Yes. Canaletto (1697–1768) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Stonemason's Yard (Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità) painted, and in what medium?

The Stonemason's Yard (Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità) dates from c. 1725 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 124 × 163 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Canaletto's The Stonemason's Yard — The Stonemason's Yard — workmen among blocks of stone on the Campo San Vidal, the church of the Carità across the canal — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Venice: The Grand Canal and the Lagoon, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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