Year c. 1730 | Created 1725–1730 Media Canvas, Paint, Oil paint | |
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Dimensions 49.6 cm × 73.6 cm (19.5 in × 29.0 in) Similar Canaletto artwork, Rococo artwork, Oil paintings | ||
The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, is an c. 1730 oil painting on canvas by the Venetian painter Canaletto. It is a Rococo landscape painting measuring 49.6 by 73.6 centimeters (19.5 in × 29.0 in) currently held as part of the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection in the Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas. It was a gift from Sarah Campbell Blaffer. https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/46980 A variant of the painting with a larger church tower and an additional building is used as the Venetian screen in the 2001 video game Merchant Prince II.
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The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA