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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2976
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
Landscape with Ruined Monuments
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Ruins Near a Pyramid
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 14.1 × 21.3 cm (5 9/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 15.7 × 22.9 cm (6 3/16 × 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right sheet corner, graphite: rare [by Randall?]
  • inscription: etched in lower margin, centered: A. Canal f.
  • watermark: [illegible]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 2976 [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
De Vesme 28, Bromberg 31

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2976
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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