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We look down and across a canal filled with more than two dozen gondolas and sailing boats, and flanked by rows golden-yellow and parchment-white buildings connected by a wide, arched bridge in this horizontal landscape painting. Some of the boats are pulled up to the buildings lining the water, and others weave through the canal, guided by one or two people each. Closest to us, two long, low, slender gondolas are angled toward each other. Other boats have curving, cabin-like structures, and there are three sailing ships with tall masts among the gondolas. The densely spaced buildings along…
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Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Francesco Guardi (Venetian, 1712 - 1793)

probably c. 1780

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 68.5 x 91.5 cm (26 15/16 x 36 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Widener Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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