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Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (Venetian), 1697–1768)
about 1741-1744

Medium/Technique Etching
Dimensions Sheet: 47 x 63.5 cm (18 1/2 x 25 in.)
Platemark: 14.4 x 20.9 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number21.11667.25
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné de Vesme 25, only state; Bromberg (1993) 28, ii/ii
DescriptionPrinted on one sheet with 21.11667.15 and 21.11667.24
Marks Verso, lower left-center (of plate), 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