Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768) and Studio

The Property of the late H. J. JOEL, Sold by Order of the Executors

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Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto (1697-1768) and Studio

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, with the Dogana, S. Maria della Salute and numerous barges and gondolas

24 3/8 x 38 3/8in. (62 x 97.5cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale ('The Property of a Gentleman, removed from his house in Piccadilly'), Robinson and Fisher, London, 27-28 May 1897, lot 79, as
Canaletto (#630 to Colnaghi)
with E. Speelman, London
with F. Partridge, London
In the collection of the late owner by 1962

Literature

W. G. Constable, Canaletto, 1962 (and subsequent editions), no.161(a)

Lot Essay

Constable, judging from a photograph, describes the present picture as a good studio version of the painting in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen (his no.161 and pl.36); eight other versions are listed as products of Canaletto's school. Constable curiously states that the present picture 'follows the Windsor picture or the Visentini engraving exactly'; there are, in fact, extensive differences in the boats and figures

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