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Identification and Creation

Object Number
FA12
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299867

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 30 × 30.1 cm (11 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
sheet: 32.8 × 32.8 cm (12 15/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin to left of center, entched: A. Canal. f. V.
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Prova avanti il numero
  • inscription: verso, graphite: N. Coll. Oct. 1874
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp, the accession number below in graphite:
    FINE ARTS / DEPARTMENT OF / HARVARD COLLEGE [within a rectangular borderline]/ 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Eliot Norton. inscribed: "N. Col. Oct. 74"

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Bromberg ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 14, Bromberg 16

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Object Number
FA12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997

Verification Level

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