# The Italian Settecento

Style galleries · hang 749 · 25 works

Venetian views, Roman ruins and grand decoration in eighteenth-century Italy.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [The Choristers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-choristers-nga-53149), Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1740/1745. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-choristers-nga-53149?hang=749)
2. [Procession in the Courtyard of the Ducal Palace, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/procession-in-the-courtyard-of-the-ducal-palace-venice-nga-32586), Antonio Joli, 1742 or after. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/procession-in-the-courtyard-of-the-ducal-palace-venice-nga-32586?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

3. [Warwick Castle: The East Front](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/warwick-castle-the-east-front-met-459183), Canaletto, 1752. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/warwick-castle-the-east-front-met-459183?hang=749)
4. [The Glorification of the Barbaro Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-glorification-of-the-barbaro-family-met-437798), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1750. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-glorification-of-the-barbaro-family-met-437798?hang=749)
5. [Sketches for a tablet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketches-for-a-tablet-si-chndm-1901-39-2245), Carlo Marchionni, ca. 1750. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/sketches-for-a-tablet-si-chndm-1901-39-2245?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

6. [The Letter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-letter-met-436904), Pietro Longhi, 1746. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-letter-met-436904?hang=749)
7. [A Young Lady with a Parrot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-lady-with-a-parrot-aic-103887), Rosalba Carriera, c. 1730. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/a-young-lady-with-a-parrot-aic-103887?hang=749)
8. [The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-campo-di-ss-giovanni-e-paolo-venice-nga-1144), Bernardo Bellotto, 1743/1747. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-campo-di-ss-giovanni-e-paolo-venice-nga-1144?hang=749)
9. [Study for Painting, Mount Olympus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-painting-mount-olympus-si-chndm-1938-88-7331), Vito D'Anna, 1750–60. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/study-for-painting-mount-olympus-si-chndm-1938-88-7331?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

10. [The Triumph of Marius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-triumph-of-marius-met-437788), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1729. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-triumph-of-marius-met-437788?hang=749)
11. [The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-round-tower-from-carceri-d-invenzione-imaginary-prisons-met-337725), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-round-tower-from-carceri-d-invenzione-imaginary-prisons-met-337725?hang=749)
12. [Piazza San Marco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/piazza-san-marco-met-435839), Canaletto, late 1720s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/piazza-san-marco-met-435839?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

13. [Working Peasant](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/working-peasant-si-chndm-1901-39-556), Carlo Marchionni, 1728–78. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/working-peasant-si-chndm-1901-39-556?hang=749)
14. [Madonna and Saints](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madonna-and-saints-si-chndm-1938-88-7192), Sebastiano Conca, ca. 1730. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/madonna-and-saints-si-chndm-1938-88-7192?hang=749)

## Third room, south wall

15. [Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/imaginary-view-of-venice-houses-at-left-with-figures-on-terr-met-335287), Canaletto, 1741. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/imaginary-view-of-venice-houses-at-left-with-figures-on-terr-met-335287?hang=749)
16. [The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-square-of-saint-mark-s-venice-nga-32588), Canaletto, 1742/1744. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento/the-square-of-saint-mark-s-venice-nga-32588?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Canaletto](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/canaletto?hang=749&via=continue) (6 works)
- [18th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-italy?hang=749&via=continue) (49 works)
- [The Italian Settecento, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiZUJsZjl4UXIifQ)