Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore
Painting by J. M. W. Turner
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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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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1834 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
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