The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo
| The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Canaletto |
| Year | c.1740 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 124.5 cm × 204.6 cm (49.0 in × 80.6 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo is a c.1740 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto.[1][2] Portraying a veduta of his native Venice, it depicts a view along the Grand Canal with the dome of San Simeone Piccolo prominent on the left and the Scalzi on the right. In the foreground fisherman are at work, with a gondola carrying two female passengers about to collide with their boat. The view was radically altered in the nineteenth century to construct the Venezia Santa Lucia railway station.[3]
Today the painting is in the collection of the National Gallery in London, as part of the bequest of Lord Farnborough in 1838.[4] A view of the same area but looking the opposite direction down the Canal by Canaletto's nephew and pupil Bernardo Bellotto is in the Wallace Collection.[5]
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Bibliography
- Levey, Michael. A Room-to-Room Guide to the National Gallery. National Gallery Publications, 1972.
- Packer, Leila & Beddington, Charles. Canaletto and Guardi: Views of Venice at the Wallace Collection. Batsford Books, 2025.