M3579: Le Porte del Dolo

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M3579

People

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)

Title

Le Porte del Dolo

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1741

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/255060

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 29.8 × 42.8 cm (11 3/4 × 16 7/8 in.)
sheet: 40.5 × 52.7 cm (15 15/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: etched in lower margin at left corner and to left of center: A. Canal f. / le porte Del Dolo
• inscription: lower sheet margin at right, cryptic marks on a diagonal: I U / \
• inscription: lower sheet margin: De V 6 I / c16911
• inscription: upper right corner of sheet, graphite: 5
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: Dr. Jul. Hofmann / Wien [within a rectagular borderline] Julius Hofmann (Lugt 1264)]
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 29 / M. 6
• gallery label: verso, adhered oval printed paper label with the accession number written in blue ink: FOGG / ART MUSEUM / 1929.35.2 [within a printed oval borderline]
• collector's mark: verso
  verso,
  verso, brown stamp with the accession number writtten in graphite
  :
  THE WILLIAM HAYES FOGG / ART MUSEUM OF / HARVARD UNIVERSITY / 3579 [Lugt 936]
  

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

Bromberg ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

DeVesme 6, Bromberg 6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer

Accession Year

1929

Object Number

M3579

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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