Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe

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Francesco Battaglioli
King Ferdinand VI and Queen Maria Barbara of Braganza in the Gardens at Aranjuez on the Feast of Saint Ferdinand

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Bernardo Bellotto
The Demolition of the Ruins of the Kreuzkirche

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Bernardo Bellotto
The Procession of Our Lady of Grace in Front of Krasinski Palace

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Giovanni Battista Brustolon after Canaletto
The Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta

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Canaletto
The Procession on the Feast Day of Saint Roch

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Canaletto
Regetta on the Grand Canal

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Canaletto
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola

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Canaletto
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola

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Canaletto
The Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta

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Luca Carlevarijs
The Reception of the French Ambassador Henri Charles Arnauld, Abbé de Pomponne, at the Doge's Palace

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Luca Carlevarijs
The Molo from the Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day

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Luca Carlevarijs
The Regatta on the Grand Canal in Honour of Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway

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Francesco Guardi
The Doge of Venice Attending the Shrove Thursday Festivities in the Piazzetta

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Francesco Guardi
Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo in the Corpus Christi Procession in Piazza San Marco

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Circle of Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Girl with Birds

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Francesco Guardi
Pontifical Ceremony in Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

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Francesco Guardi
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

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Francesco Guardi
The Balloon Flight of Count Zambeccari

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Francesco Guardi
The Fire at San Marcuola

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Antonio Joli
Peota with the Hunt of Diana and Endynion

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Antonio Joli
The Courtyard of the Doge's Palace, Venice

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Antonio Joli
King Ferdinand VI and Queen Maria Barbara of Braganza on the Royal Longboat at Aranjuez

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Antonio Joli
The Abdication of Charles III as King of Naples in Favor of His Son Ferdinand

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Antonio Joli
Departure of Charles III from Naples to Become King of Spain

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Antonio Joli
The Popular Revolt in Largo di Castello during the Famine

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Michele Marieschi
The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice

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Michele Marieschi
The Regatta in Honor of Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony

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Michele Marieschi
Doge Pietro Grimani Carried into Piazza San Marco after His Election

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Lottery Draw in Piazza di Montecitorio

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Consecration of Giuseppe Pozzobonelli as Archbishop in San Carlo al Corso

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
King Charles III Visiting Pope Benedict XIV at the Coffee House of the Palazzo del Quirinale

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Decoration of the Piazza Farnese for the Celebration of the Marriage of the Dauphin

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
King Charles III Visiting Pope Benedict XIV at the Coffee House of the Palazzo del Quirinale

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Musical Performance in the Teatro Argentina in Honor of the Marriage of the Dauphin

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
A Ball Given by the Duc de Nivernais to Mark the Birth of the Dauphin

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
The Flooding of the Piazza Navona

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Giovanni Paolo Panini
Interior of St. Peter's with the Visit of the Duc de Choiseul

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Lorenzo de Quiros
Decoration of the Calle Platerias for the Entry of Charles III in Madrid

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Johan Richter
The Entrance to the Grand Canal, looking East

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Hubert Robert
The Fire at the Opera House of the Palais-Royal

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Hubert Robert
The Morning after the Fire at the Opera House of the Palais-Royal

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Ceremonial Barge for the Regatta in Honor of Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony

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Ludovico Ughi
Oconographia rappresentationa della inclita citta di Venezia consacrata al Reggio Serenissimo Dominio Veneto

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Claude-Joseph Vernet
The Visit of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain, to Villa Farnese at Caprarola

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Pierre Jacques Volaire
The Eruption of Vesuvius

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Giuseppe Zocchi
The Palio Race in the Campo in Honor of Grand Duke Francis of Tuscany and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria