Al Dolo

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows an aerial view of a canal with traditional buildings on both sides. A church with a tall spire is on the right, and grand residential structures are on the left. Small boats with figures are in the water, and individuals are walking along the shoreline. The scene is detailed using etching techniques with a monochromatic color palette of black and white. The sky has delicate cloud formations drawn with swirling lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.174

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 4, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

1974

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: a catalogue and study illustrating and describing the known states, including those hitherto unrecorded. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974, 4.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 4, ii/iii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 4.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: A. Canal f.; lower center in plate: Al Dolo

Wikidata ID

Q64954185

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