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View of a Town on a River Bank
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
about 1736-1740
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 47.2 x 63.5 cm (18 9/16 x 25 in.)(the full sheet)
Platemark: 30.1 x 43.1 cm (11 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Platemark: 30.1 x 43.1 cm (11 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number21.11667.9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
de Vesme 9, i/ii; Bromberg (1993) 9, i/ii
DescriptionSeries of 33 etchings bearing the title: Vedute altre prese da i Luonghi altre ideate (Views, some representing actual sites, others imaginary)
Published 1744
Published 1744
Marks
Verso, center, 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