The dogana in Venice (Punta della Dogana in Venice)

Canaletto

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Work Overview

The dogana in Venice (Punta della Dogana in Venice)
CANALETTO
1724-30
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 46 × 63.4 cm (18.1 × 25 in)
Current location Kunsthistorisches Museum


This painting belongs to a group of seven views from the harbour side of Venice, all of them in the neighbourhood of the Molo or of the Punta della Dogana at the mouth of the Grand Canal. Nothing is known about the individual responsible for commissioning the series. All of the compositions are adaptations of somewhat older and more ambitious works. However, there is a strong stylistic unity.