Piazza San Marco
c. 1755 - c. 1765
Medium
pen
Dimensions
225; 355
About this artwork
Inv.; sale, Henry Oppenheimer (1859-1932, London), London (Christie’s), 10 (13) July 1936 sqq., no. 46, 520 guineas, to Smith;{Copy RMA.}…; purchased from the estate of Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA...
About the Artist
Canaletto · 1697–1768
The most famous view-painter of the 18th century, Canaletto's works are characteristically topographically correct with smooth, precise handling. His patrons were primarily English collectors.