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The Art World This Week: New Record for Canaletto, Tim Blum to Close Galleries, Khaled Sabsabi Reinstated for Venice Biennale, and More
Giovanni Antonio Canal, Called Il Canaletto, Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day. Courtesy of Christie's. A ...
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London's Old Masters Week Sees Rare Works Sell and Mid-Market Paintings Struggle
The houses are encouraging cross-category buying and offering rare, unique works bolstered by compelling narratives in a bid ...
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Canaletto Masterpiece Shatters the Painter’s Auction Record
Canaletto’s sublime view of Venice, which once hung in the offices of Robert Walpole, the U.K.’s first prime minister, set a ...
Canaletto's Venice masterpiece sets new auction record with €37.8m sale at Christie's London
The 18th-century masterpiece captures Venice in full splendour on Ascension Day, with the Doge’s golden barge - the Bucintoro ...
Canaletto work owned by first UK PM sells for record
A painting of Venice by the Italian artist Canaletto which was once owned by the UK's first prime minister has been sold for ...
Painting once owned by first British prime minister fetches record fee
Venetian masterpiece heralded as ‘once in a generation’ addition to the market has been sold at an auction in London ...
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Canaletto: Venice Ascension Day Painting Achieves Record £31.9m At Christie’s
Canaletto's luminous Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, has sold for a record price of £31.9 million at ...
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New world record for Canaletto as view of Venice sells for £31.9m
The bustling view of Venice from around 1732, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, smashed the ...
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‘Prime period’ Canaletto makes record £27.5m at Christie’s
A painting by Canaletto (1697-1768) once owned by the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole sold for £27.5m at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.