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Grand Canal looking north-east to the Rialto Bridge
(c. 1738)
- 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
Felton Bequest, 1919
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Level 2, NGV International