Dolo
Maker
(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
Title
Dolo
Date of Production
(circa) 1741 - 1744
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 42.7 cm
Width: 42.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1933.HO.1.4
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
Dolo is a town on the banks of the river Brenta. The river had been canalised in the 16th century, and during Canaletto's lifetime the trip from the Venetian Lagood to Padua was popular among wealthy Venetians; on the far left of this etching is a burchiello, a passenger craft on such a trip. A number of fine villas were built on the banks of the Brenta during the 18th century, including the Villa Andruzzi, the neo-Palladian villa visible to the left. Sticking out of the water are mooring posts which separate the main river traffic from the shallower water.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
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 : : Al Dolo
Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower left & recto : : A. Canal f.
Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower left & recto : : A. Canal f.
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