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19thc Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice
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19thc Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice

19th century
For Sale by Millers Antiques
Description

A good quality late 19th century oil on canvas painting, view of the Grand Canal in Venice. The painting shows good depth and light, old restoration to the canvas at the back (see photo) , all in good condition with a gilt frame all ready to enjoy. Overall frame size H 61cm W 83cm

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Date of Manufacture

Millers Antiques has dated this Venetian Grand Canal Painting to the 1890s.

Independent Date Guide ID 09581139
Dealer's Item Date1890s
Sellingantiques Date1890s
Sellingantiques agingItem 110-150 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1890s:
Even darkening across the unprimed linen reverse: natural oxidisation over decades.
Hand-driven iron tacks securing the canvas edges: traditional late Victorian stretching.
Wooden stretcher with slotted corner keys: standard expanding frame construction.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
61cm (24.02")
Width
83cm (32.68")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1225877
Dealers Notes

Millers Antiques 1-5 Church Street, Wooler. Northumberland NE716BZ.

Telephone 01668282308 or 07714332441

All measurements taken at the widest point.

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Description
A good quality late 19th century oil on canvas painting, view of the Grand Canal in Venice.
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The painting shows good depth and light, old restoration to the canvas at the back (see photo) , all in good condition with a gilt frame all ready to enjoy.
Millers Antiques

Overall frame size H 61cm W 83cm

Currently free UK delivery Royal Mail special delivery..

Date of Manufacture

Millers Antiques has dated this Venetian Grand Canal Painting to the 1890s.

Independent Date Report ID 09581139
Dealer's Item Date1890s
Sellingantiques dating1890s
Sellingantiques agingItem 110-150 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1890s:
Even darkening across the unprimed linen reverse: natural oxidisation over decades.
Hand-driven iron tacks securing the canvas edges: traditional late Victorian stretching.
Wooden stretcher with slotted corner keys: standard expanding frame construction.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
61cm (24.02")
Width
83cm (32.68")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1225877
Millers Antiques
Millers Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2012

Antiques since 1947.

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An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame.
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Archive I An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame.

19thc Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice

Archive II An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View II
Archive III An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View III
Archive IV An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View IV
Archive V An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View V
Archive VI An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View VI
Archive VII An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View VII
Archive VIII An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View VIII
Archive IX An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame. View IX
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1-5 Church Street
Wooler
Northumberland
NE71 6BZ
United Kingdom
Verified Since Sep 2012
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An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame.
19thC Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice
Ref: SA1225877
An antique oil painting depicting the Grand Canal in Venice with gondolas and historic buildings, encased in a textured gold gilded frame.
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  • ObjectOil Paintings
  • Period19th century
  • Style19th Century Romanticism
  • MaterialOil, Canvas, Wood, Gilt
  • ColourBlue and Gold
  • MotifsGondolas, Grand Canal architecture, Gilded lattice frame, Sailing vessels
  • SizeH 61 cm (24 in) x W 83 cm (33 in)

This late 19th-century oil painting on canvas depicts a traditional scene of the Grand Canal in Venice, executed in a nineteenth-century Romanticism style. The artwork captures historic canal architecture, sailing vessels, and gondolas on the water under a cloudy sky, rendered in a palette of blue and gold. The canvas is housed within a textured gold gilded wooden frame featuring repeated decorative moulding patterns around its perimeter. The complete framed assembly measures 61 cm high and 83 cm wide. Suitable for placement within an English country house interior, this piece brings a classic maritime subject to living spaces. It functions effectively when hung on a wall above a sideboard or console table in a reception room, study, or hallway. The work arrives ready to hang within its original decorative gilt surround, complementing traditional and transitional interior schemes without requiring additional framing.

Nineteenth-century Venetian landscape paintings, often referred to as vedute, depict topographical views of Venice, focusing on architectural landmarks, canals, light reflections, and maritime activity typical of Grand Tour artwork.

Oil paints composed of natural pigments bound with linseed oil were applied to stretched linen canvas or wooden panels, typically presented within carved wooden or moulded plaster gilded frames.

Authentication involves examining natural craquelure patterns across the paint surface, age-appropriate oxidisation and darkening of wood stretchers or canvas backs, period-appropriate framing techniques, and artist signatures.

Traditional gilt-framed paintings serve as focal points in contemporary spaces when hung above modern sideboards, positioned against dark paint colours, or paired with minimalist furniture to create visual contrast.

Display paintings away from direct sunlight, extreme temperature fluctuations, and high humidity, dusting gently with a soft microfibre cloth or dry goat-hair brush without applying liquid cleaners or water.
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