Provenance

William Irby, 1st Baron Boston, Hedsor House, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, until died 1775
the Barons Boston, Hedsor House, 1775–1877
George Florance Irby, 6th Baron Boston, Hedsor House, 1877–died 1941
sale, Christie's, London, 6 March 1942, nr. 52, with pendant, as "Islands near Venice," for 504 gns., to Leger
with Leger Galleries, London, from 1942
Mrs. John Hall, in 1962
Patrick C. Hall, Longford Hall, Newport, Shropshire, until 1966
sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1966, nr. 64, as "A Caprice, with a Distant View of Venice," for £16,000 to Agnew
with Agnew, London, 1966–67; sold to Rust
David Rust, Washington, D.C., 1967–86; sold to Harari & Johns
with Harari & Johns, London, 1986–87; sold to Wrightsman
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1987–died 2019; cat., 2005, nr. 20
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 2019.141.6

Other works by Canaletto

The Bacino di S. Marco with the S. Giorgio Maggiore seen from the Piazzetta

Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice
1730s

Warwick Castle
1748

Grand Canal: San Geremia and the Entrance to the Cannaregio
Mid-18th century

At the mouth of the Grand Canal in Venice
1722/23