"The Grand Canal Venice; Looking East from the Campo di San Vio"

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Image Size: 15 x 30 inches (38 x 76 cm)

Framed size (Paper): 23 x 38 inches (58.5 x 96.5 cm) (approximate)

Framed size (Canvas): 21 x 36 inches (53 x 91.5 cm) (approximate)

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Canaletto painted this view in 1734 and it is typical of the beautiful views of Venice for which the artist is best known.

Canaletto's entire oeuvre numbers around 800 works, which is far more than would usually be the case for an artist of this time. This was in part because, later in his career and when his name was established, Canaletto used his workshop assistants to complete routine tasks involved in the creation of his paintings, which allowed him the time to add his own unique touch later on.

This subject however was created by the artist when he was at the very height of his powers during his mature Venetian period in the early to mid 1730s. Earlier in his career, he was still learning his craft; later on, many of his paintings were obviously created in conjunction with his assistants. This view falls right in the middle; being created by an artist at his peak but painted in his own hand. As such, the original was sold at Christie's in London as long ago as 1992 for a price of approximately £1,300,000, or $2,500,000.

Most of Canaletto's surviving works in private hands are actually held in the United Kingdom, having been bought up by aristocratic patrons during their Grand Tours. Just as an example, 22 Canalettos were collected by the Dukes of Bedford alone for their ancestral home at Woburn Abbey.