The Bucintoro returning to the Molo on Ascension Day

Details

Manner of Antonio Canal, il Canaletto
The Bucintoro returning to the Molo on Ascension Day
oil on canvas
37 x 60 in. (94 x 152.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

This composition relates to Canaletto's lost original, formerly in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole, and sold in Paris, Importants tableaux anciens. Hôtel George V, 15 December 1992, lot 13 (reproduced in Constable, vol.1, no.340, plate 64).

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