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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7806
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
The Bishop's Tomb [divided plate]
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Statue of the Virgin Near Chapel
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1741
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/273391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 22.4 × 13.2 cm (8 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
sheet: 23.6 × 14.2 cm (9 5/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, brownish black stamp: GR. / V LEPELL / S. [within an oval borderline] [Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von Lepell (Lugt 1672)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp overlaid with a brown stamp: KUPERSTICH SAMLUNG DER KONIG MUSEEN [around a crowned coat of arms, within an oval borderline] [overlaid with diagonal hatching within a rectangular borderline with cropped corners] [in Lugt, but the site is faulty]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp: A. III / Vom / K. Kupferstichskabinet / Berlin / verä ussert. [within a rectangular borderline with cropped corners] [in Lugt, but the site is acting up]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: vMB [apparently associated with the Berlin Kupferstichkabinet marks] / Canaletto / M.1357 c[?; underlined twice] / 2[?]9 / S. CZ/
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with accession number written in graphite:
    GRAY COLLECTION, / 7806 / HARVARD COLLEGE. [within an oval borderline (Lugt 4836)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
DeVesme 29, Bromberg 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7806
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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