The Prison, Venice

Maker

(etcher)
1697-1768

(artist)
1697-1768

Title

The Prison, Venice

Date of Production

1741 - 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 20.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.22

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Related Works

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Label Text

Just beyond the waterfront facade of the Doge's Palace lies the Ponte della Paglia (Bridge of Straw), above which, half in shadow, is the prison. In the foreground figures walk and talk on the Molo, the near quayside; by the bridge is a knife-grinder's stall. Further stallholders can be seen on the Riva degli Schiavone, the quay on the far side of the bridge.

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 : : le Preson. V.

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