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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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