# The Canal Grande from Santa Croce to the East [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VISENTINI, Antonio]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Etching ## Commentary The painter who introduced this part of Venice in topographical painting was Canaletto. Following his example Antonio Visentini made an etching for the series Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum, published in 1735 and 1742. Canaletto included both sides of the canal in the scene and he chose a distant standpoint in the bend of the canal near the Fondamenta della Croce. ## Related artworks - [Architectural Fantasy]() - [Concert in a Villa \(detail\)]() - [Concert in a Villa \(detail\)]() - [Concert in a Villa]() - [Façade of San Francesco della Vigna]() - [Piazza Santi Giovanni e Paolo]() - [Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto]() - [San Geremia and the Entrance of Cannaregio]() - [The Canal Grande with San Simeone Piccolo and the Scalzi]() - [Washerwomen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()