The Dolo locks
Maker
(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
Title
The Dolo locks
Date of Production
(circa) 1741 - 1744
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 42.8 cm
Width: 42.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1933.HO.1.6
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
Related Works
Label Text
In the centre of this image is the oval-shaped lock changing the level of a passenger boat just visible in the centre; the gap in the wall to the left allowed passengers to get on and off the boat. A tall roofed gateway stands over the lock gates, casting strangely shaped shadows onto the curved wall of the lock; the far bank of the Brenta canal can just be seen through the gateway. In the foreground the bright light picks out a finely dressed patrician man and woman, whilst a butcher and a lacemaker work in the shadows to the left.
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 : : le Porte del 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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