La Torre di Malghera (The Tower at Marghera)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.253
People: Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Italian (Venice, Italy 1697 - 1768 Venice, Italy)
Title: La Torre di Malghera (The Tower at Marghera)
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1735/1746
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/370226

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 30 × 43.3 cm (11 13/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
sheet: 33 × 46.3 cm (13 × 18 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: etched in lower margin: [lower left:] A, Canal f.; [lower center:] la Torre de Malghera
inscription: graphite in lower right corner of sheet: DE V. 2 I / C 1546 / ii
watermark: see Bromberg 25, 27, 30, 31: three crescents

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Hill-Stone, New York] traded; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2011, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: Bromberg ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: De Vesme 2, Bromberg 2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year: 2021
Object Number: 2021.253
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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