“A View of the Great Place of St Mark from St Teminianis Church to St Mark’s Church.” Original antique engraving by Nathaniel Parr. Published circa 1740.

Original antique engraving by the British artist Nathaniel Parr.

It features a lower, wide-angle perspective looking directly down the central piazza from the entrance of the now-demolished San Geminiano church, ending at the facade of St Mark’s Basilica.

It was originally published as part of a set of Venetian views. Its matching print is titled “The Great Place or Square of St. Mark as seen from the Great Clock.”

Nathaniel Parr was an 18th-century English printmaker, line engraver, and publisher based in London. He was highly active between the late 1730s and his death in 1751, producing a wide array of architectural views, historical maps, and portrait engravings.