Exhibition Details

Canaletto and the View Painters of Venice
Sat 14 Feb 09 - Wed 31 Mar 10

An exploration of the Museum’s two famous large Canaletto’s saved for the nation in 1980 by The Art Fund; Regatta on the Grand Canal and The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo. Displayed alongside other pieces of Venetian art from the Museum’s collections, the exhibition explores, topographical painting in Venice, Canaletto and his influences, his market in France and England; the provenance of the paintings and exactly what is depicted in his works.


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