The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
| The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice | |
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| Artist | Canaletto |
| Year | c. 1730 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 49.6 cm × 73.6 cm (19.5 in × 29.0 in) |
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.[1]
The large church at the left of the painting is the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. 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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- 1730s paintings
- Paintings of Venice by Canaletto
- Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Maritime paintings