Monet’s Le Grand Canal Sells for Record $56.6 Million

Claude Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute 

Photographer: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images 

Claude Monet's Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute has gone under the hammer for

56.6 million dollars (£45 million), making it the most valuable view of Italy by any artist sold at auction.