View of the Grand Canal
Maker
(artist)
1697-1768
1697-1768
Title
View of the Grand Canal
Date of Production
(circa) 1723
Medium
pen and ink (brown) on laid paper, laid down on Japanese tissue
Dimensions
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1955.WF.4646
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Fund, purchase, 1955 (9 June)
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Chambers Hall, London (1786-1855); Archibald George Blomefield Russell, London and Swanage (b. 1879); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 9 June 1955, lot 4; purchased there by the Courtauld Gallery via the Witt Fund
Exhibition History
Canaletto Prima Maniera, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 28/01/2001-22/04/2001
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971 ...More
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Canaletto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada, 01/10/1964-01/11/1964
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, University of Nottingham, 01/05/1972-01/06/1972
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971 ...More
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
Canaletto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Canada, 01/10/1964-01/11/1964
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/07/1961-01/10/1961
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59 ...Less
Literature
Hadeln, Detlev Baron von, 'Some Drawings by Canaletto' in 'Burlington Magazine', December 1926 - 310-315
p. 310
fig. 1C
Hadeln, Detlev Baron von, The drawings of Antonio Canal called Canaletto, London, 1929
no. 15
pl. 13
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 21 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 38
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 45
Constable, W.G., rev. by Links, J.G., Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, Oxford, 1976
no. 589 and pp. 289-90 under nos 212 and 215
pl. 107 (vol. I) and p. 508 (vol. II)
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 55
ill. on p. 27
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
No. 66, p. 67
ill. on p. 80
Constable, W.G. and J.G. Links, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1989
no. 589 and pp. 289-90 under nos 212 and 215
pl. 107 (vol. I) and p. 508 (vol. II)
Canaletto: prima maniera, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2001
no. 21
ill. on p. 69 ...Less
p. 310
fig. 1C
Hadeln, Detlev Baron von, The drawings of Antonio Canal called Canaletto, London, 1929
no. 15
pl. 13
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 21 ...More
Architectural Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1961
cat. no. 38
Newly Acquired Drawings for the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1965-1966
cat. no. 45
Constable, W.G., rev. by Links, J.G., Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, Oxford, 1976
no. 589 and pp. 289-90 under nos 212 and 215
pl. 107 (vol. I) and p. 508 (vol. II)
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 55
ill. on p. 27
Mantegna to Cezanne: Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 1983
No. 66, p. 67
ill. on p. 80
Constable, W.G. and J.G. Links, Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Oxford, 1989
no. 589 and pp. 289-90 under nos 212 and 215
pl. 107 (vol. I) and p. 508 (vol. II)
Canaletto: prima maniera, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2001
no. 21
ill. on p. 69 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: flower with six petals (see photo in file; looks like a variant of Heawood 1895 - Venice 1730).
Inscription: Altra veduta della [...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Chambers Hall (L.551)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Archibald George Blomefield Russell (L.2770a)
Inscription: Altra veduta della [...]
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Chambers Hall (L.551)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Archibald George Blomefield Russell (L.2770a)
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