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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2485
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
Vedute: Title Page
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Vedute
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/255026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 29.6 × 42.9 cm (11 5/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: etched onto the central monument: VEDUTE / Altre prese da i Luoghi altre ideate. / DA / ANTONIO CANAL / e da esso intagliate poste in prospetiva / umiliate / All Illmo. Signor / GUISEPPE SMITH Console di S. M. Britanica appresso le Serma. / Repubblica di Venezia. / In segno di stima ed ossequio
  • inscription: on the secondary support, lower right corner, graphite: Title to Canalett's etchings. / 2nd state.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: G.C. 649
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 2485[Lugt 936]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 1, Bromberg 1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Horace M. Swope
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2485
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Verification Level

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