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Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini

1735
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini
  • Series/Portfolio: Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum
  • Artist: Antonio Maria Visentini (Italian, Venice 1688–1782 Venice)
  • Artist: After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
  • Sitter: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
  • Sitter: Antonio Maria Visentini (Italian, Venice 1688–1782 Venice)
  • Date: 1735
  • Medium: Etching; first state of three
  • Dimensions: Plate: 10 11/16 × 16 7/8 in. (27.2 × 42.9 cm)
    Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in. (38.4 × 54.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of David and Elizabeth Tunick, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.1206.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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