The Market at Dolo

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows an etching of a bustling market scene by a riverside. The artwork features various activities around stalls filled with goods, set against a backdrop of mountains in the distance. Details are depicted through fine lines, hatching, and a monochromatic color palette of black, white, and grey. A grand architectural structure is visible on the right side, along with trees and other smaller structures in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.193

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 26, state iii/iv

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. 26, iii/iv.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 26, iii/iv.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 20.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal. f.

Wikidata ID

Q64954242

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