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Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto
Lot 169

Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto

The Grand Canal, Venice, on regatta day, with the Palazzo Balbi and the Ca' Foscari

Closed29 April 2014

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Follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto
The Grand Canal, Venice, on regatta day, with the Palazzo Balbi and the Ca' Foscari
oil on canvas
34? x 45½ in. (88 x 115.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale [Executors of the late Charles Warner Esq.]; Christie's, London, 28 November 1879, either lot 133, 136, 140 or 142.

Specialist note

This view depicts a regatta on the Grand Canal, probably the one held for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, on 2 February. The regatta was held during carnival, and many of the figures are in carnival dress. For a full discussion of the iconograpahy of the event see K. Baetjer and J. Links, Canaletto and his rivals, New York 1989, p. 186.