Later this year, a gallery plans to display a painting by Canaletto from the 18th century in a "very exciting" way.
Italy's Venice was the birthplace of Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as Canaletto, who painted scenes of the city, London, and Rome.
The Ferens Art Gallery will start showing one of his works on October 20. It is titled A Regatta on the Grand Canal.
The Royal Collection Trust is lending it to the gallery.
The painting, which was created around 1733–1744, depicts the entire central section of Venice's Grand Canal and was done from the same vantage point as another piece by Canaletto in the Ferens' own collection, Looking North East from the Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge, which dates to around 1724.
A Regatta on the Grand Canal depicts a religious procession along the canal, the Purification of the Virgin Regatta, which has been held in Venice since 1315.
According to Ferens Art Gallery, the painting was the fifth and last piece to be lent to the institution as a result of a partnership with Royal Collection Trust that began in 2017.
The curator of Ferens Art Gallery, Kerri Offord, said: "We are grateful to Royal Collection Trust for this loan and our amazing partnership over the past six years.
This final piece of art will be a part of something very exciting that will happen later this year, so we ask that artists keep an eye out for an opportunity that will present itself soon. ".
The King's Pictures, Royal Collection Trust deputy surveyor Anna Reynolds said: "We have been happy to work with the Ferens Art Gallery over the past six years, giving opportunities for the people of Hull to enjoy a variety of works from the Royal Collection by artists like Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and Holbein. ".
The exhibit, which was originally scheduled to open in 2021, will remain open until January 28, 2024.
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