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The Mint (La Zecca) and the State Library (Palazzo San Marco at right)

ArtistSansovino, Jacopo
Artist Info.Italy 1486-1570
ViewOverall view of façades from canal
SiteVenice, Piazza San Marco
LocationItaly
Datebegun 1536
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Saskia No.Lib-0232
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 22, plate 55
 Hartt, History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed., chapter 19, plate 663
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 25