Old Masters Day Sale
Old Masters Day Sale
Auction Closed
December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO
Venice, the entrance to the Grand Canal, looking west
oil on canvas
76 x 127 cm.; 29⅞ x 50 in.
A derivation after Canaletto's original smaller canvas in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle.1
1 47.5 x 79.5 cm.; see W.G. Constable, Canaletto. Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697–1768, London 1962 (and subsequent editions revised by J.G. Links), vol. II, pp. 262–63, cat. no. 164, reproduced vol. I, pl. 36, fig. 164.