S.a Giustina in Prà della Vale

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S.a Giustina in Prà della Vale

c. 1736-1737

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (active Venice, Rome, and England), 1697–1768) Dedicated to Joseph Smith (British (active Venice), c. 1682–1770)

The Prato della Valle (Prà della Vale in the Venetian dialect) is an enormous grassy square in Padua, the major city on the Brenta River. The two separate plates of this etching form a continuous image, which Canaletto emphasizes by extending the cloak of the central figure on the left sheet beyond the framing lines.

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Object Details

Titles:

S.a Giustina in Prà della Vale
From the series Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate (Venice: Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1st edition 1752-54/55)

Date:

c. 1736-1737

Artists:

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (active Venice, Rome, and England), 1697–1768) Dedicated to Joseph Smith (British (active Venice), c. 1682–1770)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 11 7/8 x 17 inches (30.2 x 43.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 x 23 5/16 inches (41.3 x 59.2 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lisa Norris Elkins Fund, 1951

Accession Number:

1951-96-22

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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