Reception Of The Ambassador In The Doges Palace

Canaletto

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Reception of the Ambassador in the Doge's Palace
Canaletto
Date: 1730; Venice, Italy *
Style: Baroque
Genre: veduta
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 184 x 265 cm
Location: Private Collection


Canaletto executed some paintings for the Imperial ambassador to Venice, Count Bolagnos, recording the ceremony of the presentation of his credentials to the doge in 1729. The resulting two paintings, the Reception of the Ambassador in the Doge's Palace and the Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day, are now in private collection.