# Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice

By [Antonio Canaletto](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/antonio-canaletto.md>), 1742/1744.

## Details

- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 114.5 x 153.5 cm (45 1/16 x 60 7/16 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/32589-entrance-grand-canal-molo-venice>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Rococo](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/rococo.md>)

## Image

![Gondolas and a sailing ship move across a Venetian canal as people gather on a sunlit quay beneath a vast blue sky.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-aa6c5c93d7faf194/full.jpg?v=589d4d50a0ba451b8f54bef47291f5eae3d52441504b3c5caa74e4ccbc7e09df>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Mrs. Barbara Hutton, 1945.15.4. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Mrs. Barbara Hutton
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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