Impressionist Oil Painting of Venice Grand Canal

This is a small-format oil painting on board, depicting a classic Venetian cityscape featuring the Grand Canal, gondolas, and the Santa Maria della Salute in the background. The artwork is executed in an Impressionist style with visible, expressive brushwork and a muted palette of grays, blues, and warm ochres. The painting is housed in a very ornate, heavy-set Rococo-style composite frame. The frame features a deep profile with elaborate acanthus leaf scrollwork and a gilded finish that shows signs of artificial patination or darkening in the recessed areas. A linen liner with a gold-leaf inner fillet separates the artwork from the main frame, a common mid-to-late 20th-century framing technique. The condition of the artwork appears stable, though the frame shows a significant chip or area of loss on the top center edge, revealing the white gesso or plaster beneath the gilding. There is a visible artist signature in the lower right corner, though it is stylized and difficult to decipher without closer inspection. Based on the framing and technique, this likely dates from the 1960s to 1980s, possibly intended for the souvenir or decor market. The quality of the brushwork is confident, particularly in the rendering of the water's reflections.