\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This picture is one of the numerous views of Venetian squares and churches painted by Francesco Guardi. The view takes in the Scuola d
i San Marco, the faτade and side of the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo with Andrea del VerrocchioÆs monument to Colleoni, and closes on the right with a row of houses seen in perspective. In the foreground gondolas and boats ply the Rio dei Mendicanti.