| Le Grand Canal | |
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| Artist | Claude Monet |
| Year | 1908 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 92.4 cm × 73.7 cm (36.4 in × 29.0 in) |
| Location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Le Grand Canal is an oil on canvas painting by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840–1926). It is one of six paintings looking down the Grand Canal towards the Salute church. This Grand Canal series is in turn part of a larger series of paintings of Venice which Monet undertook during 1908 on his only visit to the city. The artist is generally regarded by art historians as being at the peak of his powers at this period.[1] The paintings were begun en plein air and completed in France.
This painting is a classic view of the Grand Canal, an attempt to capture the ever-changing face of Venice, as seen from the Palazzo Barbaro, one of the places where he stayed during his trip.
In 2015, it was sold for more than $35 million at an auction by Sotheby's. Sotheby's called this painting "one of the most celebrated Venice paintings".[2][3][4] Previously it has been in the private collection of the New Orleans sugar magnate, Hunt Henderson, who was a noted art collector.[5][6]
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- ^ "Great Collectors/Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010". noma100.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ [Sugar magnate Hunt Henderson formed the first collection in the South of the French Impressionists, with multiple examples by Monet, Renoir, Degas, and others. Henderson was an original trustee of the Delgado and generously lent his collection for the opening of the Museum.]