Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore

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Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice - The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1834, oil on canvas, view 2 - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC00005.JPG
Artist J. M. W. Turner
Year1834
Type Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Location National Gallery of Art, Washington

Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore is an 1834 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. [1] It depicts a view of the Punta della Dogana, a customs house, and the San Giorgio Maggiore church in Venice. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1834. [2] It is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. [3] It was produced for the textile manufacturer for Henry McConnell, who commissioned a contrasting companion piece Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight from Turner the following year.

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