Bernardo Bellotto
The Entrance to the Arsenal, Venice

CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Entrance to the Arsenal, Venice
Datec. 1740s
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensionscanvas: 40 × 52 in. (101.6 × 132.1 cm)
frame: 52 × 65 1/2 × 5 1/2 (132.1 × 166.3 × 13.9)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number96.1558
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenanceHenry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston, 1795; Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston at Broadlands, 1802; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscoount Palmerston, 1865; Rt. Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Broadlands, 1889; Efdward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Kenwood, 1927; Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness, Glenmaroon, Chapelized, Co. Dublin; [Sabin Galleries, London]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, November, 1956; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Labels on the back of the painting: Private Eye exhibition label and Thos. Agnew & Sons (see photo on file).
Brass label on the front of the frame: "Canaletto".

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