Ale Porte del Dolo

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

This image shows a riverside scene with a high horizon, rooftops, a tower in the distance, and a boat with people. The detailed etching features fine lines depicting architecture, water, and figures. A monochrome color palette of gray tones adds to the historical feel. Wooden buildings, trees, and more structures are visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 5, state ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

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. 5, ii/iii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 5, ii/iii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: A. Canal f.; lower center in plate: Ale Porte del Dolo

Wikidata ID

Q65071115

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