The Portico with the Lantern

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image displays an architectural scene with arches and classical buildings. The view is from beneath the arches, looking towards an open area with distant buildings and ships' masts. The style is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching similar to an etching. The color scheme is monochromatic with dark shadows contrasting against the illuminated structures. Columns and a hanging structure are near, while figures and pathways lead toward the buildings in the distance. Structures rise in the background, adding depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.180

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 10, state i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

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, no. 10, i/iii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 10, i/iii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 10.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal f. V.

Wikidata ID

Q64954207

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