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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.30
People
Unidentified Artist
After Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title
The Piazzetta, Venice, after Canaletto
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311210

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65.4 x 93 cm (25 3/4 x 36 5/8 in.)
framed: 96.5 x 127 x 10.8 cm (38 x 50 x 4 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: on frame: Canaletto/ 1687-1768

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.30
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 41 [as by Canaletto]
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 101, not repr.

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