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The Libreria


la libreria. V.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
about 1737-1741

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Platemark: 14.9 x 21.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)(with 3 mm margin at the bottom; trimmed within the platemark on the other three sides)
Credit Line Gift of George Washington Wales
Accession NumberM1482
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné de Vesme 15, iii/iii; Bromberg 18, ii/iii
Marks Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544)
ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882