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la libreria. V.
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The Libreria
la libreria. V.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
about 1737-1741
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 47 x 63.5 cm (18 1/2 x 25 in.)
Platemark: 14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number21.11667.15
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
de Vesme 15, iii/iii; Bromberg (1993) 18, ii/iii
DescriptionPrinted on one sheet with 21.11667.24 and 21.11667.25
Marks
Verso, lower right-center (of plate), stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceConsul Joseph Smith (the dedicatee of the series; his label affixed to the verso of the title-page of this set); possibly Francis Bullard, Boston (1862-1913); Ellen Twistleton Bullard, Boston (1865-1959); her gift to the MFA March 1, 1921