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The Antonio Canal called "The Canaletto" Table Lamp Collection Night party at the church of S. Pietro di Castello (1758, Gemaelde Galerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
This is one of the rare Canaletto's views of Venice at night. The evening before the church's patron day, the square is animated by feasting people travelling to Saint Peter's (which is in the Castle island) by gondola. In this idyllic night some are playing instruments; others anticipate the festivities to come.
The ceramics equivalent of this important painting could not depict Venice at night. Our master interpreted the painting faithfully and very innovatively leaving the imagination of the night to the eyes of the beholder; see the candle lights in the windows of the main buildings and within the gazebo, and mixing colours imaginatively to depict Venice as it would have been in those days.
When lit up, this lamp fully reflects the light and the colours of the ceramics. It gives out a warmth that calms the spirit after a hard's day work.
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