Venice, A View from the Fondamenta Nuove looking towards Murano

(Giovanni Antonio Canal (il Canaletto))

In the middle distance the islands of San Cristoforo and, beyond, San Michele. Murano and the mainland in the distance. The bridge partially seen in the left foreground is perhaps the Ponte dei Gesuiti

142 x 150.5 cms

Oil on board

Early history not known.

Notice des tableaux exposes dans La Galerie du Marquis de las Marismas, Paris, 1837, p. 58, no. 206. Galerie Aquado, Choix des principaux tableaux…exposes dans la Galerie du Marquis de las Marismas, 1839, p.62, no. 185, engraved by G. Larbalestier. F. HAskell, Patrons and Painters, F.J.B. Watson, Arte Veneta, vol. IX, 1955, p.260-261. Also vol. X, 1956, p.203-204. W.G. Constable, Canaletto, 1962, I, p.351.

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1877, no. 260.

Acquired through The Matthiesen Gallery by Dallas museum of Fine Arts

Rococo - 1720-1780

Capriccio: Architecture

Italian - Venetian

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