CH391269 The Bucintoro at the Molo, Venice, on Ascension Day (oil on canvas) by Canaletto, (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (1697-1768); 152.1x137.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: view from the Riva degli Schiavoni showing the Dogana, Santa Maria della Salute and the Mouth of the Grand Canal with the Graneries, the Zecca, the Libreria, the Piazetta, the Doge\'s Palace and the Campanile; Bucintoro was the state vessel used for the ceremony of the wedding of the sea, the \'Sposalizio del Mar\', to commemorate the naval victory over Slav pirates in c.998 by Doge Pietro Orseolo;); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images; Italian, out of copyright.