PrintsItalian18th century

Portico with a Lantern

c. 1741

Artists

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called CanalettoArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 30.3 × 43.7 cm (11 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.) sheet: 32.9 × 46 cm (12 15/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

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