Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Canaletto - The Stonemason's Yard.jpg

The Stonemason's Yard

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Original – A rather realistic painting depicting the backyard of the stonemasons, on the bank of the Grand Canal. People are working, gondoliers are floating on the canal, kids are playing ... the laundry is drying.

Reason

Painting by Canaletto, Italian painter of Venice, painted around the 1720s. The painting is considered one of Canaletto's finest works. His works are known for their accuracy: details of the painting show the everyday life in Venice.

Articles in which this image appears

The Stonemason's Yard, Canaletto, Collection of the National Gallery, London

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Canaletto

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support, high resolution and quality. — Cirt (talk) 02:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 13:25, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Interesting – looks almost Flemish. Sca (talk) 14:39, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 14:24, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Canaletto - The Stonemason's Yard.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:13, 7 November 2015 (UTC)