The Doge Crowned on the Scala dei Giganti of the Ducal Palace

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 an architectural scene. The image depicts a detailed façade of a multi-storey building with many windows, columns, and decorative motifs. In the center, there is a staircase with statues leading up to a balcony where figures can be seen. In the courtyard below, figures are gathered around the stairs. The line work emphasizes the texture and ornamentation of the architecture. The composition directs the viewer's eye from the figures below up to the building's exterior.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 44.3 x 56.1 cm (17 7/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.2 x 68.1 cm (19 3/4 x 26 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.61.453

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Constable rev. Links 1989, no. 632, 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: Expleto a Serenissimo DUCE in gestatoria sede Magnae Divi Marci plateae circuitu supra gigantum scalam ...; lower right in plate: No. 3.

Watermarks

Crescent

Wikidata ID

Q75407839

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