Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768), Riva degli schiavoni, Venice (View on the Grand Canal)

After Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768) Riva degli schiavoni, Venice (View on the Grand Canal) Oil on canvas 32 x 52 inches (81.3 x 132.1 cm) Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Harrison, Shreveport, Louisiana PROVENANCE: Leon Schinassi, New York; Comte Spinetti, Paris; Mrs. S.W. Peck, New York; Dalva Brothers, Inc., New York; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1953. The original work by Canaletto, painted circa 1734-1735, currently resides in the Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Canaletto specialist Charles Beddington kindly shared with Heritage Auctions that this lively work was produced during the early 19th century when paintings made in emulation of Canaletto’s panoramic Venetian views were exceedingly popular. Like the majority of the early 19th-century Canaletto copies, this painting measures 30 x 50 inches—dimensions which preserve the proportions of the Soane composition that measures a more expansive 50 x 80 inches.

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Condition Report: Lined canvas. Minor frame abrasion at edges. Slight yellowing to the varnish layer. Finely patterned craquelure throughout. Mild surface dust. Mold affecting the reverse of the canvas and parts of the stretcher, apparently inactive. Not examined out of frame due to size. Under UV: sparsely applied varnish fluoresces green unevenly. Considerable brushy retouching to sky area. A brushy, circular area of retouching to lagoon at center, approximately 6 inches upward from lower edge. Some scattered small retouching to edges. A few smaller, finer retouches to the architecture and ships. Framed Dimensions 41 X 61 X 5.5 Inches