Imaginary view of the Molo with market
Maker
(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
Title
Imaginary view of the Molo with market
Date of Production
1741 = 1744
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1933.HO.1.20
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
The Molo San marco, the quay at the end of the Piazzetta, is here the site of a poultry market. The caged birds on the waterfront are ironically juxtaposed with the incarcerated men beneath the striped awning of the prisoners' barge. Beyond this is the dome and tower of San Giorgio Maggiore, Palladio's 16th-century church on an island of the same name.
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 : signed : printed : lower centre & recto : : A. Canal f.
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