Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768)
Venice: The Punta della Dogana and S. Giorgio Maggiore c.1727-30
Oil on canvas | 47.0 x 78.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400971
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On the right in the foreground is the Dogana, around which are clustered gondolas and small boats. Across the Bacino is the Isola di S. Giorgio Maggiore, with the church and campanile. The campanile is shown with the curved, onion-shaped top which was finished in 1728.
There is a Carlevarijs composition from approximately the same viewpoint, to which Canaletto may have been indebted. A related drawing, possibly by Bellotto, is at Darmstadt; it is rather schematic and follows this work in detail down to the boats and figures.Provenance
Acquired in 1762 by George III from Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice (Italian List no 79); recorded in the Gallery at Kew in 1805 (no 10)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
47.0 x 78.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
66.9 x 98.1 x 9.9 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Custm House & Church of St. George, Venice, previously entitled
