Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Portico with the Lantern
1740-44
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Platemark: 29.5 x 43.3 cm (11 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 37.5 x 50.8 cm (14 3/4 x 20 in.)
Etching
Classification: Prints
Accession number: 2012.358
Provenance/Ownership History: Robert Wheaton (d. 2010) and Barbara Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2012, gift of Barbara Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2012)
Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton