Italian painter, 20th century Piazzetta San Marco Watercolor on canvas, 68 x 51 cm With frame, 88 x 62 cm Signed bottom left and right Zi (?) Li The painting portrays Palazzo Ducale towards Palazzo delle Prigioni with the 19th century Ponte della Paglia and the narthex of the Basilica of San Marco with the column of the same name. The horizontal opening highlighted by Riva degli Schiavoni, in one, corresponds to the vertical thrust of the Troadense marble column with the bronze protector of the city, in the other. The design delicacy with which the artist has dosedly arranged the splashes of color returns a romantic and dreamy vision, preserved by time, of Venetian architecture. The PR