The Bucintoro at the pier on Ascension Day, c.1740 by Giovanni Antonio Canal Canaletto
Canvas Print - 19914-CAN
Location: Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, ItalyOriginal Size: 120.5 × 157 cm
Own a museum-grade giclée Canvas Print of The Bucintoro at the pier on Ascension Day by Canaletto (c.1740). It is printed with archival pigments on 400 g/m² canvas and hand-varnished with a UV-protective layer. Set your exact proportional size—anything up to 22 × 29.9 in, with optional framing. Free worldwide shipping for rolled artworks. Unframed prints ship within 48 h, framed prints in 7-8 days. Guaranteed 100-year color durability.
Giclée Canvas Print | $61.63 USD
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*Max printing size: 22 × 29.9 in
*Max framing size: Long side up to 28"
"The Bucintoro at the pier on Ascension Day" will be custom-printed for your order using the latest giclée printing technology. This technique ensures that the Canvas Print captures an exceptional level of detail, showcasing vibrant and vivid colors with remarkable clarity.
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If you select a frameless art print of "The Bucintoro at the pier on Ascension Day" by Canaletto, it will be prepared for shipment within 48 hours. However, if you prefer a framed artwork, the printing and framing process will typically require approximately 7-8 days before it is ready to be shipped.
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Painting Information
Here in this luminous record of Venice's annual Festa della Sensa, Canaletto presents the ceremonial departure of the Doge's magnificent state barge, the Bucintoro, from the Molo before the Doge's Palace. The golden vessel dominates the center of the composition, its elaborate carved decorations catching the light as smaller craft - gondolas bearing spectators and dignitaries - cluster around it like courtiers attending a monarch. The campanile of San Marco rises against a sky of gentle blues and whites, while the pink-hued Doge's Palace provides an architectural backdrop of Gothic splendor.
The artist's palette is remarkably controlled yet vibrant - warm ochres and golds of the Bucintoro contrast with the cool jade greens of the lagoon waters. The sky shifts from pale azure to cream, populated by clouds that seem almost sculptural in their solidity. These measured tones create an atmosphere of serene celebration rather than boisterous festivity. The red banners provide punctuation marks of color, while the varied costumes of the gondoliers and passengers introduce subtle notes of crimson, white, and black throughout the composition.
Canaletto's technique here demonstrates his evolution from the more theatrical early works toward a clarity that serves documentary purpose without sacrificing painterly qualities. His brushwork remains precise yet fluid - each architectural detail of the Palazzo Ducale is articulated, yet the water surface achieves its shimmer through loose, confident strokes. The figures, though small in scale, are rendered with sufficient detail to convey their social station and purpose.
The composition employs a carefully calculated perspective that places the viewer at water level, as if observing from another vessel. The horizontal emphasis - reinforced by the long colonnade of the Libreria Marciana on the left and the Palace facade - is interrupted by the vertical accent of the campanile, creating a stable architectural framework for the maritime pageantry. The artist positions the Bucintoro slightly off-center, allowing the eye to travel across the varied watercraft and appreciate the full scope of the ceremony.
This work exemplifies Canaletto's mature vision of Venice - not as romantic fantasy but as a functioning ceremonial city where tradition and daily life intersect. The painting belongs to that moment in the mid-eighteenth century when the Venetian Republic, though politically diminished, maintained its ritual grandeur, and Canaletto served as its most eloquent visual chronicler.