Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice

Canaletto

1742/1744 · Oil on canvas · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice

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About this work

Artist: Canaletto (1697–1768)
Year: 1742/1744
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 114.5 × 153.5 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Baroque

From the Molo, the quay beside the Doge's Palace, the view runs across the water to the domes of Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal, gondolas and working boats crossing the basin under a bright sky. Canaletto painted it in 1742 to 1744 as a pair with The Square of Saint Mark's, and the National Gallery of Art notes that its buyer was the Earl of Carlisle, who fitted both into the decoration of his house, Castle Howard. English gentlemen on the Grand Tour were Canaletto's most avid customers, and his detail-by-detail transcription of his native city was what they paid for. The two canvases left Castle Howard in 1938 for the collection of Barbara Hutton, who gave them to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1945, where they hang together in the West Building.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice in the public domain?

Yes. Canaletto (1697–1768) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice painted, and in what medium?

Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice dates from 1742/1744 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 114.5 × 153.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Canaletto's Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice — the entrance to the Grand Canal seen from the Molo, gondolas crossing toward the dome of the Salute — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Venice: The Grand Canal and the Lagoon, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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