Null CANALETTO. Il Portico con la lanterna.
Etching. 295x428 mm. Paper with wate…
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CANALETTO. Il Portico con la lanterna. Etching. 295x428 mm. Paper with watermark "Coat of arm crowned and lily".State: III/III. Wonderful proof in the definitive state.In the engraving in lower left: FF4. In the lower margin, in the middle: A Canal f.Nice specimen with wide margin, brilliant inking. This view of fantasy is considered one of the high proof in the engraving art of Canaletto. Succi: "The motif, of obvious Riccesque derivation, is set on the splendid contrast between the sunny wall of the house and the velvety blacks of the arches in the foreground."

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CANALETTO. Il Portico con la lanterna. Etching. 295x428 mm. Paper with watermark "Coat of arm crowned and lily".State: III/III. Wonderful proof in the definitive state.In the engraving in lower left: FF4. In the lower margin, in the middle: A Canal f.Nice specimen with wide margin, brilliant inking. This view of fantasy is considered one of the high proof in the engraving art of Canaletto. Succi: "The motif, of obvious Riccesque derivation, is set on the splendid contrast between the sunny wall of the house and the velvety blacks of the arches in the foreground."

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