Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
La ‘libreria’ V.; La piera del bando Venise; La preson V.; Les procuratie nioue e S Ziminian V.
1734-1745
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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
La ‘libreria’ V.; La piera del bando Venise; La preson V.; Les procuratie nioue e S Ziminian V.
1734-1745
Physical Qualities
Four etchings on one sheet, Sheet: 395 x 547 mm. (15 9/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
Plate (Print in upper left (the Library, Venice)): 145 x 210 mm. (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Plate (Print in upper right (Piazza San Marco)): 146 x 215 mm. (5 3/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Plate (Print in lower left (The Prison, Venice)): 144 x 212 mm. (5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Plate (Print in lower right (Doge's Palace)): 144 x 212 mm. (5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1934.52.15
Four plates printed on one sheet of paper. Clockwise from upper left: La 'libreria' de Venise (The Library) [DeV 15]; Les 'procuratie nuove' et leglise de Saint Germinien a Venise (Piazza San Marco) [DeV 22]; La piera del bando a Venise (Piazza San Marco with Ducal Palace) [DeV 16]; La Prison, a Venise (The Prison) [DeV 18].
The City Real and Ideal
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein
Elizabeth Rodini. "The City Real & Ideal". Brochure. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, page 13.
Inscribed: below upper left image in plate: "A. Canal f. Le Libreria V."; below upper right image in plate: "A. Canal f. le Procuratie nioue e S. Ziminian V."; below lower left image in plate: "A. Canal f. la Preson. V."; below lower right image in plate: "A. Canal f. la Piera del Bando V."
Markings: CM: verso: Riggs
