Lot Essay
This composition closely relates to the painting by Bernardo Bellotto now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, with some variations in the figures to the lower left corner.
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A view of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Santa Maria della Salute and the Punta della Dogana
Details
Follower of Bernardo Bellotto
A view of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Santa Maria della Salute and the Punta della Dogana
oil on canvas
30¼ x 50¼ in. (76.8 x 127.5 cm.)
A view of the Grand Canal, Venice, with Santa Maria della Salute and the Punta della Dogana
oil on canvas
30¼ x 50¼ in. (76.8 x 127.5 cm.)
Provenance
with R.G. Waldron, Lewisham; Christie's, London, 13 July 1951, lot 165, as 'Canaletto' (75 gns. to Veneziani).
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