Venice-Bucentaur

he Duke of the Republic of Venice embarked on Bucentaur, the official ship, on Ascension Day to celebrate the union of the city-state with the sea.

O duque da República de Veneza embarcava no Bucentauro, navio oficial, no dia da Ascensão para celebrar a união da cidade-estado com o mar.

Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) (1697-1768)-‘the return to the Molo on the Ascension day 1730’-ca 1730    Moscow-Pushkin Museum

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)-‘the departure of Bucentaur to the Lido on Ascension day’-oil on canvas-ca 1780    Paris-Musée du Louvre

Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) (1697-1768)-‘the Bucentaur’-1747    Dulwich (UK)-Picture Gallery

Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)-‘the Doge on the Bucentaur at San Niccolò del Lido’-oil on canvas-ca1770    Paris-Musée du Louvre

William James (1730-1780)-‘the Bucentaur returning to the Molo on the Ascension day’-oil on canvas