The Doge Entertains Foreign Ambassadors at a Banquet

1763/1766

Giovanni Battista Brustolon after Canaletto

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Brustolon

Artist, Italian, 1712 - 1796

Canaletto

Artist After, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

This is a drawing of a banquet hall with elaborately dressed figures. The room features architectural details such as large windows, intricate ceiling designs, and adorned walls. The ceiling is decorated with stucco and moldings, while the walls have tall windows. Groups of people are gathered around long tables in the room.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.6 x 58 cm (17 15/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.6 x 68.5 cm (18 3/4 x 26 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.61.462

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Constable rev. Links 1989, no. 641, State iii/iv (under Canaletto Drawings)

  • Series Title

    The Twelve Festivals of the Doge

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Quattrifolio, Milan); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Constable, W.G. Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768.2nd ed. revised by J.G. Links. 2 vols. Oxford, 1989.

2000

  • Pollak et al. 2000, no. 25

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Antonius Canal pinxit.; lower right in plate: Jo. Bap. Brustolon inc.; across bottom in plate: Solemne Serenissimi Principis convivium, quo cum electis Proceribus, exterorum Principum ...; lower right in plate: No. 12

Watermarks

Coat of Arms

Wikidata ID

Q75407919

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