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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2972
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
Landscape with the Pilgrim at Prayer
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Pilgrim Praying
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242393

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14 × 20.5 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR[transcribed from the original mount]:"Ant. Canaletto inv et fec"
  • inscription: etched in lower margin, centered: A. Canal. f.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: [illegible. probably armorial or institutional, within a vertcal oval borderline]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Canaletto / NO. 9 / 21839
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 2972 [number on a dotted line] [Lugt 2130]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Bromberg iiiD/iiiF
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 24, Bromberg 27

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2972
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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