Canaletto
The Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge, Venice

ArtistItalian (Venetian), 1697–1768
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge, Venice
Datec. 1730
PlaceVenice, Italy
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions19 9/16 × 28 3/4 inches (49.7 × 73.0 cm.)
frame: 27 × 37 1/4 inches (68.6 × 94.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer
Object number55.103
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
209 Nicandros Gallery
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ProvenanceProbably Hugh Howard (1675-1738), Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1730–until d. 1738; by descent through Howard family, later earls of Wicklow, until 1955; [Edward Spielman, London, 1955]; sold through [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1955]; Mrs. Sarah Campbell Blaffer, Houston, 1955; given to MFAH, December, 1955.
Exhibition History"Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, French and English Masters," The British Institution, London, 1853.

"Canaletto," The Art Gallery of Toronto; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1964–65.

"From El Greco to Pollock," The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 22–December 8, 1968.

"Canaletto Exhibition," Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, September 30–November 7, 1979.

"Canaletto," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 30, 1989–January 21, 1990.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Canaletto Prima Maniera (Canaletto's Early Style)," Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, March 18–June 10, 2001.

"Venetian Painting from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Milwaukee Art Museum, September 14–November 25, 2001.

"Canaletto Paired: 18th-century Venetian View Painting," The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, May 12–July 29,2007.

"The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art," Oklahoma City Museum of Art, September 9, 2010–January 2, 2011.

"Lost Treasure of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. Restored by Venetian Heritage Inc.," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 21–April 28, 2013.

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