The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice

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The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
Canaletto - The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice - Google Art Project.jpg
ArtistCanaletto
Yearc. 1730
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49.6 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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