Currently not on view
Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice,
after 1745, ca. 1756–68?
Workshop of Canaletto ?, Italian, 1697–1768
y1935-51
Information
Title
Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
Dates
after 1745, ca. 1756–68?
Maker
Workshop of Canaletto ?
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
34.2 x 49.9 cm (13 7/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
frame: 44.6 x 60.5 x 4 cm (17 9/16 x 23 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon Jr.,Class of 1910, in memory of his Father
Object Number
y1935-51
Place Made
Europe, Venice
Place Depicted
Italy, Venice, Canal Grande
Culture
Type
George Cavendish-Bentinck (1821-1891), London; Purchased by Jean Paul Richter (1847-1937) from "Cavendish Bentinck Sale," Christie, Manson & Woods, in London, England, July 11, 1891 (Lot 631[?], Canaletto, The Doge's Palace, Sketch); Purchased from him by Henry White Cannon (1850-1934) in Florence on March 10, 1906; By descent to his son, Henry (Harry) W. Cannon, Jr. (1887-1966), Class of 1910; Donated to the Museum in 1935.
- Jean Paul Richter, A descriptive catalogue of old masters of the Italian school, (Florence: Galileiana, 1907-1914)., no. 6; p. 48-50
- Jean Paul Richter, The Cannon Collection of italian paintings of the Renaissance: mostly of the Veronese School..., (Princeton, NJ: Princetion University Press, 1936)., no. 15; p. 21-22; fig. 15
- William George Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, (Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1962)., p. 160, 242; no. 141
- Lionello Puppi, The complete paintings of Canaletto, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970)., p. 123, no. 356A
- B. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American collections, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972)., p. 104
- ed., David Piper, The Random House Library of painting and sculpture, (New York: Random House, 1981)., p. 148-149 (color illus.)
- Andre Corboz, Canaletto: una Venezia immaginaria, (Milano: Alfieri Electa, 1985)., Vol. 2: p. 748; P484
