The Library, The Procuratie Nuove, The Piera del Bando, and The Prison

c. 1735-1746

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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

The Library, The Procuratie Nuove, The Piera del Bando, and The Prison

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)

The Library, The Procuratie Nuove, The Piera del Bando, and The Prison

c. 1735-1746

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.)

Portfolio/Series From the series "Views, Some Based on Real Places, Some Imagined (Vedute, Altre prese da i luoghi, altre ideate)"

Credit Line Gift of General Lawrason Riggs

Object Number 1934.52.15

Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.

Elizabeth Rodini, BMA, "The City Real and Ideal," 11 October 2006 - 11 March 2007, cat. 9.

BMA, "Realism: Durer to the Present," 11 November 1975 - 15 February, 1976.

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