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This scene portrays the Regatta Carnival that was held each year on the 2nd February. The canal is depicted lined with boats, including elaborately carved and gilded bissone belonging to prominent Venetian families. The oarsmen of two bissone in the right and left foreground wear the white and blue colours of the Pisani family, one of the richest and most powerful families in Venice. Some of the figures are wearing the bauta: a black cape and white mask that were only worn during carnival time. To the left is the winning post, a floating island which holds the prize-winner’s flags. It was specially constructed each year to a different design. The design of this (unknown) year is a ruined temple.

The Bowes Museum

Barnard Castle

Title

Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

Date

c.1730–1739

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 149.8 x W 218.4 cm

Accession number

1982.32.2

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, the Friends of the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council, 1982

Work type

Painting

The Bowes Museum

Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP England

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Artist or maker

Canaletto

1697–1768

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