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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2966
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
Mountain Landscape with Five Bridges
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Mountainous Landscape
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/242365

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate : 14.4 × 21.2 cm (5 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: JWR:"scarce"
  • inscription: etched in lower margin, centered: A. Canal . f
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, right, graphite: Scarce
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    JOHN WITT RANDALL COLL. / HARVARD COLLEGE / no. 2966 [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 iiBA/iiBF
Standard Reference Number
DeV.esme 19, Bromberg 22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2966
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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