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This work is almost a portrait of a building: the imposing facade of the Palazzo Grimani fills nearly the entire composition. Boatmen emerge from the left and right just in front of us, adding a sense of movement, while figures composed of dots and daubs of paint stand on the palace's steps.Palazzo Grimani, built between 1556 and 1575 for Gerolamo Grimani, Procurator of San Marco, was one of the outstanding buildings of Renaissance Venice. It was admired during the eighteenth century and included in Antonio Visentini's Admiranda Urbis Venetae, a series of architectural drawings of Venetian palaces.We don't know exactly when Canaletto painted this, but it was probably after his return to Venice from London in 1755; he died in 1768. He liked to work on a smaller scale during his mature years, and his touch became lighter and freer, with architectural details consisting of black outlines and muted colours applied with great assurance.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Venice: Palazzo Grimani

Date

about 1756-68

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 30.5 x W 38.8 cm

Accession number

NG941

Acquisition method

Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876

Work type

Painting

The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Artist or maker

Canaletto

1697–1768

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