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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M6477
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
View of a Town on a River Bank (the Brenta)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 30 x 43.1 cm (11 13/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. Canal. f.
  • inscription: lower margin, centered, black printer's ink, engraved in plate, in artist's hand: A. Canal f.
  • inscription: etched in lower margin, centered: A. Canal f.
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp with accession number written below in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 6477 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 9, Bromberg 9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
M6477
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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