"Piazza Venice" was painted in 1890. Even without seeing the title of this painting, one knows it has to be an Italian scene. The colors are strikingly sunny -- a yellowish cast depicts sunlight reflecting off the murky canal, a robed figure standing, and a second one sitting on steps. The background has what at first looks like a church, but turns out to be an archway and a walk-way into the
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