Title-page

Copyright

Work in the public domain
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Maker

(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

Title-page

Date of Production

(circa) 1744

Medium

etching

Dimensions

Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 42.6 cm

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.1

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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Keywords

Related Works (1)

Views of Venice, surrounding towns and imaginary landscapes (set) G.1933.HO.1
Views of Venice, surrounding towns and imaginary landscapes (set)

Label Text

This series was dedicated to Canaletto's patron, the collector and dealer Joseph Smith, who became the British Consul in Venice in 1744. The inscription reads: 'Views / Some taken from [actual] places / others invented, / by / Antonio Canal / and by him etched and set in perspective / humbly [dedicated] to themost illustrious / Joseph Smith / Consul of His Britannic Majesty to the Most Serene / Republic of Venice. / In sign of homage and esteem.'

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : recto : : VEDUTE / Altre prese da i Luoghi altre ideate / DA / ANTONIO CANAL / e da esso intagliate poste in prospetiva / umiliate / All'Ill.mo Signor / GIUSEPPE SMITH / Console di S.M. Britanica appresso la Ser.ma / Repubblica di Venezia. / in segno di stima ed ossequio

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

Print Room Display - Inscriptions, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 23/02/2017-01/06/2017
Piranesi, Canaletto, Tiepolo - Etchings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999
Canaletto's Etched Views of Venice and its Environs, Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1991-09/06/1991
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Canaletto - Etchings, Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/11/1974-01/12/1974
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