English follower of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto

Sir John Field Beale, K.B.E., circa 1930;
Thence by descent. 

Oil on canvas, lined. The work has been somewhat flattened by the lining, evident especially in the clouds of the sky. Surface dirt and a yellowed varnish. A stable web of widely spaced, barely discernible craquelure. Under UV light, there is a green fluorescing varnish over the work. A few scattered spots of inpainting in the sky as well as along the extreme edges. A few areas of inpainting in the boats and scattered in the piazza, with an additional spot in the roof-mounted statue at upper right.
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Though the prime version of this composition by Canaletto is in the Albertini collection, Rome, with a pendant painting of the Riva degli Schiavoni looking East, the present painting follows more closely a later version of the pair of views by Canaletto, sold Sotheby's London, 11 July 1973, lot 45 (see W.G. Constable, with J.G. Links, Canaletto; Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, no. 95 aa, plate 191).