Antique Italian Engraving by Vinsentini after Canaletto “Area St Rocchi cum ejusdem Templo et Schola”, Venice, Italy, circa 1790; “St. Rocchi area with the same temple and school”, plate #18; Italian Gravure: 16.4 inches x 9.9 inches = 41.7 cm x 25.14 cm; Frame: 23.25 x 18.75 inches = 59 cm x 47.6 cm; Weight with a frame: 5 lb. 5.3 oz. The most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canaletto’s views of Venice. They were originally commissioned by Consul Smith and based on paintings by Canaletto. Antonio Visentini (21 November 1688 – 26 June 1782) was an Italian architectural designer, painter and engraver, known for his architectural fantasies and capricci, the author of treatises on perspective and a professor at the Venetian Academy. The Church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch in Venice, northern Italy. It was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. The façade dates from 1765 to 1771,[1] and was designed by Bernardino Maccarucci. The church is one of the Plague-churches built in Venice.[2] St. Roch, whose relics rest in the church after their transfer from Voghera (trad. Montpellier), was declared a patron saint of the city in 1576. Every year, on his feast day (16 August), the Doge made a pilgrimage to the church. Near the church is the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, noted for its numerous Tintoretto paintings. It was founded in the 15th century as a confraternity to assist the citizens in time of plague. https://www.biblio.com/book/area-rocchi-ejusdem-templo-schola-canaletto/d/1329650592