Prà della Valle (right half) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G646
People: Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title: Prà della Valle (right half)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1741
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/273076

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on white antique laid paper, darkened

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 29.9 × 42.8 cm (11 3/4 × 16 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: etched in plate, lower left corner and left of center: A. Canal f. / Prà della Valle
collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
GRAY COLLECTION, / 646 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]
watermark: Bromberg watermark 31: three crescents
inscription: verso, graphite: De V 7

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: Bromberg i/ii
Standard Reference Number: DeVesme 7, Bromberg 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G646
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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