Beautiful view of a slice of the Grand Canal with the alternating red and white facades of Venetian palaces in the background. The dark water porches and white stone gothic windows are reflected in the water of the canal, which occupies the entire lower half of the canvas. In this setting, two elements are featured: a boat loaded with yellow crates crosses the Grand Canal from left to right, and a spectator painted from behind in the lower left-hand corner of the canvas, seated under a pergola decorated with orange lanterns, watches the show.

Dialogue of colours, united in the upper part, and unstructured in the lower part ; warm in the central part of the canvas, and cold in the sky and the water in the foreground.

The yellow hue passes by powerless to impose itself but leaves oranges and greens in the pergola, to the greatest pleasure of the artist, spectator and composer of this pictorial symphony.