Tower of Malghera

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Maker

(etcher)
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

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.2

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : lower centre & recto : : la Torre di Malghera

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

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

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

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