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The image displays an urban square from an elevated viewpoint, showing various activities. There buildings such as a church with a spire and pedestrians are visible. The drawing is detailed with fine lines and shading in shades of grey and tan. People are seen walking and conversing, with others in carriages or dispersed throughout the square, creating depth in the scene.
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The image displays an urban square from an elevated viewpoint, showing various activities. There buildings such as a church with a spire and pedestrians are visible. The drawing is detailed with fine lines and shading in shades of grey and tan. People are seen walking and conversing, with others in carriages or dispersed throughout the square, creating depth in the scene.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A View of the Piazza San Marco in Florence

Giuseppe Zocchi

Date
c. 1740s
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 33.97 × 49.85 cm (13 3/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2022.14.13
Credit line
Gift of David H. McDonnell
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

(sale, Christie’s, New York, 4 July 2016, no. 23); purchased by David McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Inscription

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Piazza San Marco / 20122431/01

Watermarks

C & I Honig below a fleur-de-lys inside a crowned shield

NGA object ID 224379. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.