Canaletto
The Piazza San Marco and the Piazzetta, Venice
c. 1743114.6 x 153 cm
oil on canvas
Signed lower left: A.C.F [Antonio Canal Fecit]
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Hutton
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 478
Provenance
Probably Henry Howard, 4th earl of Carlisle (1694-1758), or Frederick, 5th earl of Carlisle (1748-1825), Castle Howard, Yorkshire
by descent to Hon. Geoffrey William Howard (1877-1935), Castle Howard, Yorkshire
sold 1938 by the Trustees of Geoffrey Howard to Barbara Hutton, the countess Hangwitz Reventlow (1912-1979), Winfield House, London
gift 1945 to NGA
Other works by Canaletto
The Grand Canal, Venice
c. 1740
c. 1740
The Entrance to the Grand Canal with Santa Maria della Salute
c. 1729
c. 1729
The Grand Canal, Venice
between 1758-62
between 1758-62
The Campo Santa Maria Formosa
c. 1733-34
c. 1733-34
The Riva degli Schiavoni
c. 1735-36
c. 1735-36