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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.328
People
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
San Nicolo
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298643

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on white antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.3 × 29.2 cm (7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: shield bearing letter W surmounted by crown and resting on a dolphin (Mongan-Sachs W. 24)
  • inscription: by door of church, ink: S. Nicolo a Lio
  • inscription: At the left: E; at the right: S; farther right: E; above an arch: E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.328
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Detlev Freiherr von Hadeln and Campbell Dodgson, The Drawings of Antonio Canal Called Canaletto (London, England, 1929), p. 10, pl. 58
  • Agnes Mongan, "Notes on Canaletto Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum", Old Master Drawings (1938), vol. XIII, pp. 34-36, pp. 34-36, pl. 36
  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 308
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 122 ("Cartella III")

Exhibition History

  • Canaletto & Bellotto, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, 08/02/1960 - 08/31/1960

Verification Level

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