The Newly Elected Doge Presented to the People in San Marco
1763/1766
Artist, Italian, 1712 - 1796

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection, David K.E. Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
plate: 44.7 x 56.6 cm (17 5/8 x 22 5/16 in.)
sheet: 47.8 x 68 cm (18 13/16 x 26 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1985.61.451
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Catalogue Raisonné
Constable rev. Links 1989, no. 630, State iii/iv (under Canaletto Drawings)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Quattrifolio, Milan); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
From La Serenissima to the Eternal City: The Grand Tour in 18th Century Venice and Rome, The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, 2010, unnumbered catalogue.
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: Serenissimus Venetiarum Dux, recens renuntiatus, a Seniori ex XLI.electoribus in Ducali Basilica ...; lower right in plate: No. 1.
Watermarks
Coat of Arms
Wikidata ID
Q75122884