The French Ambassador's Arrival in Venice
Painting by Canaletto
The French Ambassador's Arrival in Venice or Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice is a 1726-1727 oil on canvas painting by Canaletto, depicting Count Jacques-Vincent Languet de Gergy disembarking onto the quay in front the Doge's Palace and being greeted by officials of the Venetian Republic. It was acquired by Catherine the Great between 1763 and 1796 and now hangs in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.[1]
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Canaletto
- List of paintings
- The Stonemason's Yard (1725)
- The French Ambassador's Arrival in Venice (1726–1727)
- The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice (1730)
- The Bucentaur Returns to the Pier at the Doge's Palace (c. 1730)
- The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola (1738)
- The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute (c. 1740)
- Bacino di San Marco from the Puntana della Dogana (1740–1745)
- The Pra della Valle in Padua (1741–1746)
- Westminster Abbey with a procession of the Knights of the Bath (1749)
- Bernardo Canal (father)
- Bernardo Bellotto (nephew)
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