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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.


Canaletto, the great Venetian landscape painter, captures the magnetic attraction of a city that has remained in the global imagination and has remained an immense draw for visitors for centuries. His 1730 painting The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, is a monumental reproduction of a view of the Grand Canal, the most attractive destination for eighteenth pleasure-seekers. Although in a period of rapid decline, the medieval city-state was still a world of pride, pomp, and ceremony. The marble palaces that line the Grand Canal are testament to the glory of what was once the trade capital of the world. For centuries Venice held a monopoly over the spice trade yet by the eighteenth century the city had slid into a spiral of decadence and nostalgia. Consoling themselves in parties, the Venetian way of life drew a wealth of aristocratic globe trotters on what was known then at the Grand Tour. Before the French Revolution any aristocrat worth their salt would spend a fair amount of time taking in the city, enjoying both the culture and the debauchery.
Canaletto's The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice perfectly captures the mood of a city contrastingly both continuously populated by visitors and abandoned by its citizens. Arguably, Canaletto's cityscapes helped to raise Venice to the auspicious position of the first ever tourist destination. Reproductions of Canaletto's cityscapes were readily available in multiples for visiting aristocrats to send home during their visits. His works were akin to the ubiquitous tourist photograph — physical proof that you had been there and an elegant reminder of the decadence you had experienced there. A testament to the international popularity of Canaletto's prodigious output is the fact that hundreds of his cityscapes exist in private collections around England yet only three can be found in Venice itself, the city of Canaletto's birth.
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Real Oil Paints, Real Brushes, Real Artists, Real Art. The Certificate of Authenticity which arrives with every painting provides an assurance and verifies the authenticity of the hand painted fine art reproduction you purchased. Each oil painting is created by hand using only the finest canvas and oil paints available.
Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, c.1730, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, c.1730 that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
- Ordered without a frame, it will be delivered in protective tube within 21-28 business days.
- When ordering the painting framed - allow additional 5-7 days for delivery. The painting will arrive ready to hang.
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- No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.
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- Hand crafted means unique to every owner. Each canvas reproduction may vary slightly in brush details due to the nature of being hand painted, so no two paintings are the same.
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Free shipping is included in the price of the painting. Once the painting is ready and dry enough to ship, we will roll it and ship it in a sturdy cardboard tube.
We always ship express via courier to ensure your order reaches you as soon as possible - normally within three business days. The total delivery time from the moment you place your order until the package is delivered to your door is normally between three to four weeks.

If, in the unlikely event you were dissatisfied with the painting after reviewing it in person, it can be returned for a full refund for up to 365 days after delivery.
When you receive the painting; you are free to return it for more revisions or else for a full refund minus our actual shipping cost -- which is, on average, $35 per painting.

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Depending on the degree of damage to the warranted painting, it will either be repaired or replaced. This warranty service is provided free of charge.
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