Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, 1697 - 1768)
"The Portico with the Lantern, from Vedute, or Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal), 1735/44. Etching in black on ivory laid paper, third state of three with the letters and number lower left "FF4" in plate lower left, marked A. Canal. f. D. in lower margin, unframed, tipped to backing board at top edge, collector's stamp verso on paper "VIGLA & REMIG PAPP, unframed.
Canaletto (1697-1768), whose work embodies the city of Venice perhaps more than any other artist, was a highly fashionable painter already known primarily for his topographical views that were popular among Europeans (particularly English visitors) on the Grand Tour, when he embarked on a series of some 30 Venice-inspired etchings in the early 1740s. This project was encouraged and principally financed by Joseph Smith, the British consul to the Venetian Republic, who also acted as Canaletto's agent on behalf of foreign collectors.
The Portico with the Lantern typifies Canaletto's approach to his Venice etchings, most of which are capricci or imaginary views, blending familiar Venetian vernacular architectural elements--the vine covered portico--with classical motifs such as the triumphal arch and temple at the right. DeVesme 10; Bromberg 10.
Condition: Slight crease through lower margin and up to middle, worm hole in paper left margin, time-toning, handling creases consistent with age.
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"The Portico with the Lantern, from Vedute, or Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal), 1735/44. Etching in black on ivory laid paper, third state of three with the letters and number lower left "FF4" in plate lower left, marked A. Canal. f. D. in lower margin, unframed, tipped to backing board at top edge, collector's stamp verso on paper "VIGLA & REMIG PAPP, unframed.
Canaletto (1697-1768), whose work embodies the city of Venice perhaps more than any other artist, was a highly fashionable painter already known primarily for his topographical views that were popular among Europeans (particularly English visitors) on the Grand Tour, when he embarked on a series of some 30 Venice-inspired etchings in the early 1740s. This project was encouraged and principally financed by Joseph Smith, the British consul to the Venetian Republic, who also acted as Canaletto's agent on behalf of foreign collectors.
The Portico with the Lantern typifies Canaletto's approach to his Venice etchings, most of which are capricci or imaginary views, blending familiar Venetian vernacular architectural elements--the vine covered portico--with classical motifs such as the triumphal arch and temple at the right. DeVesme 10; Bromberg 10.
Condition: Slight crease through lower margin and up to middle, worm hole in paper left margin, time-toning, handling creases consistent with age.
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