The Dolo locks

Maker

(artist)
1697-1768

(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

The Dolo locks

Date of Production

(circa) 1741 - 1744

Medium

etching

Dimensions

Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 42.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.5

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

In the centre foreground a passenger boat is leaving the locks at Dolo to join the gondolas and other craft on the Brenta Canal. Having taken the first trial proofs from this plate, Canaletto decided to add further work to the foreground of the image, dramatically strengthening the shadows, particularly on the barge, which is now moving from an area of dark shadow into the light of the river. Unusually in Canaletto's work, this involved extensive cross hatching, which he normally avoided in favour of parallel lines, between which shone areas of clean white paper, suggesting the bright clarity of Venetian light.

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : lower centre & recto : : Ale Porte del Dolo

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

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