Canaletto

The Bacino di San Marco



Canaletto - The Bacino di San Marco



Canaletto
The Bacino di San Marco
c. 1738-39
124.5 x 204.5 cm.
Oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


Literature

Pierre Rosenberg, Only in America, Milano, 2006, pp. 128-129


Exhibitions

2010 Canaletto and his Rivals, Nr. 22

Provenance

purchased (and perhaps commissioned), by Charles Howard, third Earl Carlisle, apparently in 1738, or more likely by his son Henry, fourth Earl
bought by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1939
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External links

Museum of Fine Arts Accession number 39.290

Other works by Canaletto


Canaletto The Piazzetta with the Palazzo Ducale, Venice
The Piazzetta with the Palazzo Ducale, Venice
c. 1740-41

Canaletto The Molo from the Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day
The Molo from the Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day
c. 1733-34

Canaletto Capriccio with a Colonnade in the Interior of a Palazzo
Capriccio with a Colonnade in the Interior of a Palazzo

Canaletto A Regatta on the Grand Canal
A Regatta on the Grand Canal
c. 1733-34

Canaletto Venice: the Riva degli Schiavoni
Venice: the Riva degli Schiavoni