Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Venice, a view of the Grand Canal looking east from the Palazzo Bembo to the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi
Lot Closed
April 5, 12:56 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Venice, a view of the Grand Canal looking east from the Palazzo Bembo to the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi
oil on canvas
unframed: 45.1 x 54.5 cm.; 17¾ x 21½ in.
framed: 60 x 70 cm.; 23⅝ x 27⅝ in.
This work is based on Canaletto's larger canvas of the same view in the collection of the Dukes of Bedford at Woburn Abbey.1
1 Oil on canvas; 47 x 80 cm.; W.G. Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697–1768, J.G. Links (ed.), Oxford 1976, vol. I, pl. 51, no. 256, reproduced, and vol. II, p. 315, no. 256; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canaletto_-_Grand_Canal_looking_East_from_Palazzo_Bembo_to_Palazzo_Vendramin-Calergi_Woburn.jpg
