The Grand Canal Venice

Edouard Manet

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Work Overview

The Grand Canal
Edouard Manet
Date: 1875; Venice, Italy *
Style: Impressionism
Genre: cityscape
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 48 x 57 cm


Manet painted this picture during a trip to Italy. He was thrilled by this typical Venetian view, with is reflective waters agitated by the passing gondolas and its countless oscillations of light and shadow.