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Painting by Canaletto

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
ArtistCanaletto
Yearc. 1730
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49.6 cm × 73.6 cm (19.5 in × 29.0 in)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, is a c. 1730 oil painting by Italian painter Canaletto. It is a Rococo landscape painting measuring 49.6 by 73.6 centimeters (19.5 in × 29.0 in) currently held as part of the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection in the Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas, and was a gift to the museum from Sarah Campbell Blaffer. The large church at the left of the painting is the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. A variant of the painting with a larger church tower and an additional building is used as the Venetian screen in the 2001 video game Merchant Prince II.

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  1. The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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