Veduta del Prospetto della Chiesa del S. Francesco, 1742

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series Title

Prospetti sei di altrettanti Templi di Venezia

Medium

engraving and etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 34.2 x 48.6 cm (13 7/16 x 19 1/8 in.)

sheet: 49.1 x 65.6 cm (19 5/16 x 25 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1998.7.6

Artists / Makers

Joseph Wagner (artist) German, 1706 - 1780

Canaletto (artist after) Venetian, 1697 - 1768

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Antonio Canaletto pinx. / No.57.6.; lower center in plate: Veduta del Prospetto della Chiesa di S. Francesco [added by later hand in brown ink: in Venezia] della Vigna. Architettura del Palladio / con alcune aggiunte d'invenzione.; lower right in plate: Wagner Scul. Venezia C.P.E.S.

Provenance

Bookplate of Giannalisa Feltrinelli; (sale, London, Christie's, 3 December 1997, lot 254); purchased via Artemis [David Carritt Ltd.], London by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.

Bibliography

2000: Pollak et al. 2000, no.163