Canaletto's Auction Record Jumps 51%
3 min read · 02 Jul 2025
Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day. Image courtesy of Christie's
Canaletto, Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (Undated) sold for $43.81m (GBP31.93m), at Christie's in London on July 1. The oil on canvas work has been traded 16 times in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $14.89m, a 51% rise.
Grand Canal looking North-East from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge Venice. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The previous record was set by Grand Canal looking North-East from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge Venice (Undated), which sold for $28.92m at Sotheby's on July 07, 2005.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-07-01 | Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day | $43.81m | 51 % | Christie's | London |
2005-07-07 | Grand Canal looking North-East from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge Venice | $28.92m | 61 % | Sotheby's | London |
2005-07-06 | The Bucintoro at the Molo Venice on Ascension day | $17.94m | 11 % | Christie's | London |
1992-04-15 | The Old Horse Guards London from St James's Park with figures parading | $16.16m | 62 % | Christie's | London |
1990-06-01 | Molo from Bacino di San Marco. View of Grand Canal facing east from Campo di San Vio | $10m | 432 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1989-11-17 | Thames at Westminster and Whitehall from terrace of Somerset House | $1.88m | 32 % | Christie's | London |
1989-07-05 | Venice with Piazza San Marco | $1.42m | 24 % | Sotheby's | London |
1988-12-09 | Venice, a pair of views: The Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo; The Prisons and the Bridge of Sighs | $1.15m | 27 % | Christie's | London |
1988-06-02 | Old Somerset House from the River Thames London | $900,000 | 2 % | Christie's | New York |
1987-12-11 | The Grand Canal Venice | $882,200 | 4 % | Christie's | London |
1986-07-04 | Riva Degli SchiavoniVenice. The Molo Venice | $850,100 | 25 % | Christie's | London |
1985-12-11 | Venice-Entrance to the Grand Canal looking towards The Bacino | $679,200 | 5 % | Sotheby's | London |
1973-12-12 | Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day | $647,600 | 54 % | Sotheby's | London |
1973-03-23 | View of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the Cordonata Roma | $420,500 | 50 % | Christie's | London |
1967-07-05 | Regatta on the Grand Canal Venice | $280,000 | 150 % | Sotheby's | London |
1961-11-29 | View of Santa Maria della Salute | $112,000 | 25 % | Sotheby's | London |
1960-03-23 | View of S Giorgio Maggiore | $89,600 | 187 % | Sotheby's | London |
1928-12-14 | The Rialto Venice | $31,200 | - | Christie's | London |
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