| Venice from the Giudecca | |
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| Artist | J. M. W. Turner |
| Year | 1840 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape |
| Dimensions | 61 cm× 91.4 cm(24 in× 36.0 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Venice from the Giudecca is an 1840 landscape painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. [1] [2] It depicts a view of Venice, then part of the Austrian Empire. It features the white dome of the Santa Maria della Salute seen from the island of Giudecca.
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It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1840 along with another view of the city Venice, the Bridge of Sighs , where it received a mixed reception.Today the painting is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been donated by the art collector John Sheepshanks in 1857. [3]
