Venice, Senate of Venice, Furlani, Ludovico, Italy, Canaletto, Brustoloni, Giovanni Battista, Solennità dogali, Serenissimus Princeps die Ascensionis Domini in aurea navi, vulgo Bucintoro, miro cujusvis navigiorum numero stipata Litus petit, Festa della Sensa, verso - stamped, View from the Riva Cà di Dio over the Laguna of Venice. On the left Isola San Giorgio Maggiore and the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore on Giudecca. In the middle behind the Santa Maria della Salute. On the right the Doge's Palace and the domes of the San Marco. On the water a tangle of gondolas and ships. In the center the Bucintoro, the Doge's galley. Once a year during the Festa della Sensa the Doge 'married' the Adriatic Sea in a ceremonial manner by throwing a ring into the water from this magnificent galley. Numbered lower right: N. 5., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 450 mm, width 572 mm, Italian, 1712 - 1796, print maker, prentmaker, 1766 - 1766, second quarter 18th century, tweede kwart 18e eeuw, th