Mestre, from: Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal

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ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO (1697-1768)
Mestre, from: Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal
etching, circa 1735-44, on laid paper, watermark Triple Crescent above Letter A and countermark AS surmounted by a Fleur-de-Lys (Bromberg 22 and 43), a fine, early and luminous impression of the first state (of two), with the faint outline of the shield on the house at left visible, printed circa 1760-70, at the Stamperia Pasquali, Venice, the full sheet, in very good condition
Plate 301 x 428 mm.
Sheet 465 x 638 mm.

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. (not in Lugt) (according to the invoice from Light & Co.).
With R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California.
Acquired from the above on 24 October 1978; then by descent to the present owner.

Literature

Bromberg 3

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This fine and early impression of Mestre is printed on a sheet with a Triple Crescent above Letter A watermark and countermark Letters AS surmounted by Fleur-de-Lys. The same watermark and countermark (in the two variants, Bromberg 42 and 43) can be found in the complete set offered in this sale (see previous lot). In direct comparison, the quality of the two impressions is indeed very similar.

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