Tower of Malghera
Maker
(etcher)
1697-1768
(artist)
1697-1768
1697-1768
(artist)
1697-1768
Title
Tower of Malghera
Date of Production
(circa) 1741 - 1744
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 29.7 cm
Width: 42.7 cm
Width: 42.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1933.HO.1.2
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
Related Works
Label Text
Excursions from Venice to the Italian mainland and along the Brenta River to Padua were popular as a summer pastime for wealthy Venetians. This print shows one of the sights on the mainland: the old tower of Marghera (formerly spelled Malghera as in the title here). The 15th-century fortifications, now ruined and abandoned, provided a picturesque setting for fishermen trawling nets from boats or wading in shallower water to catch eels in wicker baskets.
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
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 : inscribed : printed : lower centre & recto : : la Torre di Malghera
Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower left & recto : : A Canal f.
Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower left & recto : : A Canal f.
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