The Piazzetta, Venice
The story
The Doge's Palace and the two columns of the Piazzetta seen across the water in Venice, while a bolt of lightning — scraped out of the paper itself — slashes across an angry blue sky. Turner painted this watercolor on his third and final trip to Venice in 1840.
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Year
- 1840
- Period
- Romantic
- Where it lives
- Scottish National Gallery
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
