A painting of Venice by the Italian artist Canaletto which was once owned by the UK's first prime minister has been sold for ...

Giovanni Antonio Canal, Called Il Canaletto, Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day. Courtesy of Christie's. A ...

Canaletto's luminous Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, has sold for a record price of £31.9 million at ...

The 18th-century masterpiece captures Venice in full splendour on Ascension Day, with the Doge’s golden barge - the Bucintoro ...

The bustling view of Venice from around 1732, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, smashed the ...

Canaletto’s sublime view of Venice, which once hung in the offices of Robert Walpole, the U.K.’s first prime minister, set a ...

Though locals have speculated the look may have been stolen, Corriere della Sera reported that no complaint has been filed.