AFTER GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO | Venice, a view of the Grand Canal looking East from the Campo di S. Vio

oil on canvas This painting is a reduced copy after the original painting on copper (46 x 62.5 cm.) by Canaletto, which has always been in the collection of the Earls of Leicester at Holkham Hall, along with a pendant depicting the 'Rialto Bridge from the South'.1 The style and use of copper as a support for these paintings indicate that they are works of the late 1720s. Canaletto repeated this particular view in at least 9 other paintings, with minor differences in the viewpoint and the position of the boats and staffage. Holkham Hall was designed around the collection amassed by the first Earl of Leicester, Thomas Coke (1697–1759), during his Grand Tour of Italy in the first decade of the 18th century. The house and its contents have remained largely untouched ever since. 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_by_Canaletto_in_Holkham_Hall#/media/File:Canaletto_-_Grand_Canal_looking_East_from_the_Campo_S._Vio_Holkham.jpg

All paintings available to view at the Sotheby’s Greenford Park warehouse, 5 - 7 and 10 – 13 September (10 - 4pm), by appointment. The canvas is lined, the paint surface is slightly dirty and the varnish is slightly discoloured. There is a pronounced network of craquelure throughout, and some minor losses and frame abrasion around all four margins. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals little to no intervention.
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