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Grand Canal looking north-east to the Rialto Bridge
(c. 1738)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
61.0 × 92.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1919
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This view of the Grand Canal in Venice was once considered an anonymous product of Canaletto’s workshop. Research into the studio output of Canaletto – and the role of his nephew Bernardo Bellotto in it – has resulted in a new group of works being now confidently credited to Bellotto. Scholars now agree that Bellotto’s distinct early painting manner, characterised by his fluid white highlights in the clouds, W-shaped ripples on the surface of the water, his use of black paint in the shadows and his impastoed modelling of figures, is particularly evident in this painting.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
965-3
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes Marines and Seascapes
Subjects (specific)
bridges (built works) Canal Grande (canal) canals (waterways) gondolas (flat-bottomed watercraft) Italy (nation) multistorey buildings Venice (inhabited place)