The Library, Saint Mark's Square, Venice

Maker

(artist)
1697-1768

(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

The Library, Saint Mark's Square, Venice

Date of Production

1741 = 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.4 cm
Width: 20.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.17

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Label Text

This view focuses on the handsome Renaissance facade of the State library which runs along one side of the 'Piazzetta', the small square between the waterfront and the great square of Saint Mark's. On the far right is the Loggetta at the foot of the Campanile (bell tower); like the Library, the Loggetta was designed in the 16th century by Jacopo Sansovino. To the left is the column of S. Teodoro, a huge granite column supporting a statue of Saint Theodore, an early patron saint of Venice; below is a small puppet theatre, surrounded by spectators.

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

Piranesi, Tiepolo, Canaletto - Etchings from the Courtauld
Collection
, London & England, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999

Canaletto's Etched Views of Venice and its Environs, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1991-09/06/1991

Canaletto - Etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/11/1974-01/12/1974

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower left & recto : : A. Canal f.

Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : lower centre & recto : : la libreria, V.

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