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Plate 9: the bridge and market of the Rialto, Venice, from 'Views of Venice' (Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus)
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Plate 9: the bridge and market of the Rialto, Venice, from 'Views of Venice' (Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus)

Medium

Etching; second state of four (Succi)

Dimensions

Plate: 12 1/2 × 18 9/16 in. (31.8 × 47.1 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 24 1/2 in. (44.2 × 62.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Michele Marieschi

1696–1743Republic of Venice

He may have been active in Germany early in his career but there is no other evidence for this other than the statements of his first biographers, Orlandi and Guarienti. Venetian architectural painter and engraver. Comment on works: Architectural painter; Views; Landscapes; Theater painter; Engraver

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