A painting of Venice by the Italian artist Canaletto which was once owned by the UK's first prime minister has been sold for ...

The Italian master's previous record was $24.6 million for 'Grand Canal from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto,' which sold at ...

The 18th-century masterpiece captures Venice in full splendour on Ascension Day, with the Doge’s golden barge - the Bucintoro ...

Canaletto’s sublime view of Venice, which once hung in the offices of Robert Walpole, the U.K.’s first prime minister, set a ...

Canaletto's luminous Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, has sold for a record price of £31.9 million at ...

A view of Venice by Canaletto has just set a new auction record for the artist, selling for £27.5m (£31.9m with fees) at Christie’s in London.. Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension ...

Christie’s is to sell a view of Venice by Canaletto which was once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, in its Old Masters evening sale on 1 July.

“Venice: The Doge's Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni,” a 1730s painting by Canaletto. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Review by John Jeffries Martin Visitors ...

Canaletto, Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (1731 to 1732). Photo: Christie’s.

Art History A Famed Painting of Venice’s Grand Canal Is Reattributed to a Precocious 16-Year-Old. The canvas was thought to be by Canaletto, but is in fact the work of his young nephew, Bernardo ...

The Royal Collection contains the world's finest group of paintings, drawings and prints by Venice's most famous view-painter, Canaletto (1697-1768). These works were bought by the young George III in ...