File:Venice, A View of the Entrance to the Grand Canal with the Church of Santa Maria Della Salute and the Punta Della Dogana by Francesco Guardi.jpg
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Francesco Guardi: Venice, A View of the Entrance to the Grand Canal with the Church of Santa Maria Della Salute and the Punta Della Dogana
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Venice, A View of the Entrance to the Grand Canal with the Church of Santa Maria Della Salute and the Punta Della Dogana |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
pairing allowed for a continuous panorama, with the Palladian church of San Giorgio Maggiore framing the view at the left, and Baldassare Longhena's baroque masterpiece balancing it on the right flank. |
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| Date | 1780s | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 34.5 cm (13.5 in); width: 52.5 cm (20.6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Guardi painted these two particular views with their famous sites on numerous occasions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Sotheby's | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonio Morassi records numerous versions from the same viewpoint, which is to say looking out from the edge of the Piazzetta, south-west, and other than the aforementioned version in the Wallace collection, the present painting is closest to a work of slightly larger dimensions (49.5 by 90 cm.) today in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which also reveals differences in the arrangement of boats and staffage.
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