Which museum has "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day"?

"The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" is on display at Pushkin Museum in Moscow.

What are the dimensions of "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day"?

"The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" measures 187 × 259 cm.

CANALETTO: The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day

Q: Where is "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" by CANALETTO?

"The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" is held in the permanent collection of Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia.

Q: Who painted "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" and when?

"The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" was painted by CANALETTO in c. 1740.

Q: What art movement is "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" associated with?

"The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" is a work of Italian, Classicism & Romanticism, painted by CANALETTO.

Q: Can I see "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" in person?

Yes — "The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day" is on permanent display at Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Check the museum website for current opening hours.

✦ CANALETTO

🖼 The Bucintore Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day, c. 1740

◈ Oil on canvas

⊞ 187 × 259 cm

▣ Pushkin Museum

◎ Moscow, Russia

🖼 Order as art print*

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Golden light bathes Venice's Grand Canal as the Bucintoro ceremonial barge glides toward the Molo, its gilded hull reflecting in mirror-still waters surrounded by gondolas and architectural precision. Canaletto captures this annual Ascension Day ritual—the Doge's symbolic marriage to the sea—establishing vedute painting as a defining genre of Venetian identity and prosperity.

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