Ale Porte del Dolo

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows an etching of a riverside scene with small boats on the water. Buildings line the horizon, with one having a tall spire. Figures and boats can be seen along the shore. The etching is detailed with fine line work, capturing textures of walls, roofs, and water. The color palette is monochrome in shades of black and gray. Closest to us, there is a wooden structure and figures attending to boats near the shore.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 x 43.4 cm (11 3/4 x 17 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.9 x 63.5 cm (18 1/16 x 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.142

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 5, state ii/iii

  • Series Title

    Vedute [Vesme 1-32]

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.

1945

  • Pallucchini, Rodolpho and Guarnati, G.F.. Le acqueforti del Canaletto. Venice: Edizioni Daria Guarnati, 1945, no. 2.

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

Watermarks

Inverted A (top half of Bromberg 13)

Wikidata ID

Q74070592

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