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Painted for Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle, who was in Venice on the Grand Tour in 1738-39 (certainly including November 1738), the Boston painting may well have been painted in 1739. The Grasset painting, which is less frosty, may well have immediately preceded it. Fig.1 Canaletto, Bacino di San Marco, c. 1739.
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The bridge there, first constructed in wood possibly in the twelfth century, was the only crossing of the Grand Canal until the Accademia and Scalzi bridges were built in the 1850s. The present bridge was built around 1590, an impressive stone structure with a single span of 28 metres (92 feet) incorporating two rows of workshops.
1740. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States. A Regatta on the Grand Canal. 1740. National Gallery, London, England. Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Capriccio - The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings - WGA03937.jpg. 1740. Galleria nazionale di Parma. Venice.
Wikioo.org - The Encyclopedia of Fine Arts - Painting, Artwork by Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) - The Grand Canal Looking Down to the Rialto Bridge
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Italian. 1697–1768. Capriccio: The Rialto Bridge and The Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore. circa 1750. Oil on canvas. 66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 114.3 cm) Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina. Trained by his father, a painter of theatrical scenery, Canaletto specialized in views of his native Venice.
The Rialto Bridge, built in 1592 as the first stone bridge to span the Grand Canal, is the focal point of Guardi's composition, one of several versions of this popular attraction. Lined with market stalls and shops, it formed the hub of an important commercial center. Just beyond the bridge at the right is the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, the ...
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Continuing on, a low, two-story house is followed by the Civran palace. Farther off, the large building adjacent to the foot of the Rialto bridge is the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, now the main Venetian post office but formerly a German trading post and famous from its reconstruction in 1505 for the frescoed facade decorations by Giorgione and Titian.
