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Venice: the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Dolfin-Manin to the Rialto Bridge
  • Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
  • Venice: the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Dolfin-Manin to the Rialto Bridge
  • Italy
  • Date: c. 1740–50
  • Object Type: Painting
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Image size: 58.5 x 93 cm
  • Object size: 85 x 119 x 12 cm
  • Inv: P511
  • Location: West Gallery I
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  • The second picture in the pair with P507 depicts q popular view of the Grand Canal looking north to the Rialto Bridge, with, on the left, the Fondamenta del Vin, and on the right, the Palazzo Dolfin-Manin. This area served as the commercial heart of Venice. Both views survive in numerous versions. For an alternative handling of the view, cf. Guardi P508.