Canaletto
The Portello and the Brenta Canal at Padua
c. 174062.5 x 109 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 480
Provenance
L.T.N. Gould, Suffolk
sold 1943 to P & D Colnaghi & Co., London
sold later that year to Francis F. Madan, London, as by Bellotto
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 15 July 1955, nr. 88, as by Canaletto
purchased by H. Cevat
with David M. Koetser Gallery, New York, London, and Zurich
purchased 1957 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA
Other works by Canaletto
Venice: the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Foscari to the CaritÃ
Warwick Castle
The Reception of the Imperial Ambassador Giuseppe Bolagnos at the Doge's Palace
c. 1729
c. 1729
The Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo, Venice
The Night Festival of Santa Marta
c. 1760
c. 1760