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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M10332
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
The Prison in Venice
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La Prison, à Vénise
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253454

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 14.3 × 20.9 cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 16 × 22.4 cm (6 5/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: A. Canal. f.
  • inscription: etched in lower margin at left and center: A. Canal. f. / la Preson. V.
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: Gg [the minicule letter within the capital letter] [not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, brownish black stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 10,332 [Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 18, Bromberg 21

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10332
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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