DETAILS
- Artist
- Bernardo Bellotto
- Date
- 1733
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, gray wash
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 10 1/16 x 16 15/16 in. (25.5 x 43 cm)
- Collection
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, from the North — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
KEEP EXPLORING
More works to explore
Beyond Bellotto: works from the same years.
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Isabella Astley (1724-1741), aged eight
John Theodore Heins · 1732 · National Trust
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Holy family
Adriaen van der Werff · 1725 · Alte Pinakothek
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Hudibras' First Adventure (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 3)
William Hogarth · 1725 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Maurice Quentin de Latour · 1746 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Residences Memorables de l'Incomporable Heros de Nôtre Siècle, ou Edifices et Jardins de Son Altesse Serenissime Monsigneur Le Prince Eugene François de Savoye et de Piedmont
Salomon Kleiner · 1731 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Upholstery for a Chair Seat
Philippe de la Salle · 1738 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Same era · 1710s–1740s
Image of an Empire in Peace and Prosperity
Zhou Kun · 1745 · National Palace Museum