The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, with the Bacino di San Marco
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Manner of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto
The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, with the Bacino di San Marco
oil on canvas
21 x 37¾in. (53.3 x 95.9cm.)
Lot Essay
The present work is based on Canaletto's picture of the same subject in the Kauffman collection, Strasbourg (see A. Corboz, Canaletto. Una Venezia immaginaria, Milan, 1985, II, p. 583, no. P 68).