The Dolo locks

Copyright

Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
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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

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.5

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display
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Keywords

Related Works (1)

Views of Venice, surrounding towns and imaginary landscapes (set) G.1933.HO.1
Views of Venice, surrounding towns and imaginary landscapes (set)

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.

Inscriptions

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

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

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

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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