View at the Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice, by Canaletto

An image of A View at the Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice. Bellotto, Bernardo (Canaletto) (Italian, 1720-1780). Oil on canvas, height 59.3 cm, width 94.9 cm, circa 1741.

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A View at the Entrance of the Grand Canal, Venice. Bellotto, Bernardo (Canaletto) (Italian, 1720-1780). Oil on canvas, height 59.3 cm, width 94.9 cm, circa 1741.

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Accession Number: 186
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 641 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 752.83kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1
Captured: 2016:01:25 11:40:30

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