The Bucintoro Departing from the Bacino di San Marco (detail), 1710. Luca Carlevarijs (Italian, 1663–1730). Oil on canvas; 134.8 × 259.4 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 86.PA.600.
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