Where Is The Grand Canal near the Ponte del Rialto?

Q: Where can I see this painting?

This view hangs at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Britain's oldest public museum with strong Italian art holdings. Canaletto captured this view of Venice's Grand Canal near the famous Rialto Bridge.

Q: Who was Canaletto?

Canaletto was Venice's most famous view painter, creating precise vedute popular with British Grand Tour collectors You can see it at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Q: What is the Rialto Bridge?

The Ponte di Rialto is Venice's oldest bridge across the Grand Canal, a commercial and tourist landmark since the 16th century. Canaletto captured this view of Venice's Grand Canal near the famous Rialto Bridge.

Canaletto captured this view of Venice's Grand Canal near the famous Rialto Bridge. Gondolas and merchant boats handle the busy waterway while elegant palaces line both banks. The artist's precise topography and luminous atmosphere made such views highly prized by Grand Tour visitors.

Canaletto painted numerous variations of this iconic scene. His crisp detail and careful perspective give an almost photographic quality to the bustling Venetian scene. This painting hangs at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

This view hangs at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Britain's oldest public museum with strong Italian art holdings. Canaletto captured this view of Venice's Grand Canal near the famous Rialto Bridge.

Canaletto was Venice's most famous view painter, creating precise vedute popular with British Grand Tour collectors You can see it at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

The Ponte di Rialto is Venice's oldest bridge across the Grand Canal, a commercial and tourist landmark since the 16th century. Canaletto captured this view of Venice's Grand Canal near the famous Rialto Bridge.

The Grand Canal near the Ponte del Rialto

Where to See It

The Artist

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The Piazzetta towards San Giorgio Maggiore

Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola de San Marco

Grand Canal: Looking from Palazzo Balbi

The Grand Canal near San Maria della Carità

Also at Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Priest from the Persecution of the Druids

The Return of the Dove to the Ark

The Schoolgirl's Hymn

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Portrait of a Woman (La Bella)

Sacred Conversation

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Lady with a Lute

Fisherman Presenting the Ring to the Doge

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