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121 - ‡ FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTOTHE ENTRANCE TO THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE, LOOKING EAST, WITH THE VISIT OF THE DOGE TO SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTEOil on canvas93 x 153cm (36½ x 60in.)In a molded giltwood frameProvenance:The collection of The Honorable C. Boyden GrayTo the right is Santa Maria della Salute, designed byBaldassare Longhena, with the Abbey of San Gregorio visible in the foreground.To the left are the Ducal Palace, the Zecca (the Venetian mint), and thetowering Campanile of St Mark’s. The composition derives from an original byCanaletto, not known in an original work but in numerous copies from hisschool, one of which is in the Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow (inv. no. 1156) (see W. Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697–1768,Oxford, 1976, vol. 2, cat. no. 179, pp. 272–273).Santa Maria della Salute was built in thanksgiving for thedeliverance of Venice from the devastating plague of 1630. Each year, on 21November, the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin, the Doge of Venice madea ceremonial visit to the church to renew the city’s thanks to the Virgin. Hecan be distinguished in the procession by his yellow tunic and distinctive corno,the traditional horn-shaped ducal hat.
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‡ FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, IL CANALETTOTHE ENTRANCE TO THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE, LOOKING EAST, WITH THE VISIT OF THE DOGE TO SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTEOil on canvas93 x 153cm (36½ x 60in.)In a molded giltwood frameProvenance:The collection of The Honorable C. Boyden GrayTo the right is Santa Maria della Salute, designed byBaldassare Longhena, with the Abbey of San Gregorio visible in the foreground.To the left are the Ducal Palace, the Zecca (the Venetian mint), and thetowering Campanile of St Mark’s. The composition derives from an original byCanaletto, not known in an original work but in numerous copies from hisschool, one of which is in the Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow (inv. no. 1156) (see W. Constable, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697–1768,Oxford, 1976, vol. 2, cat. no. 179, pp. 272–273).Santa Maria della Salute was built in thanksgiving for thedeliverance of Venice from the devastating plague of 1630. Each year, on 21November, the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin, the Doge of Venice madea ceremonial visit to the church to renew the city’s thanks to the Virgin. Hecan be distinguished in the procession by his yellow tunic and distinctive corno,the traditional horn-shaped ducal hat. ‡ Indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to temporary importation and that import VAT at the reduced rate (currently 5%) calculated on the hammer price is due.
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