Veduta del Prospetto della Chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore, 1742

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series Title

Prospetti sei di altrettanti Templi di Venezia

Medium

engraving and etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 39.4 x 48.5 cm (15 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)

sheet: 49.2 x 66.3 cm (19 3/8 x 26 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1998.7.1

Artists / Makers

Joseph Wagner (artist) German, 1706 - 1780

Canaletto (artist after) Venetian, 1697 - 1768

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Antonio Canaletto delin. / No.57.1.; lower center in plate: Veduta del Prospetto della Chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore [added by later hand in brown ink: in Venezia] / con alcune adiacenze a capriccio.; lower right in plate: Wagner Scul. Venezia C.P.E.S.

Provenance

Bookplate of Giannalisa Feltrinelli; (sale, London, Christie's, 3 December 1997, lot 254); purchased via Artemis [David Carritt Ltd.], London by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.

Bibliography

2000: Pollak et al. 2000, no.163