Is "The Doge Attends the Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta" in the public domain?

Yes, The Doge Attends the Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Doge Attends the Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta

Q: When was "The Doge Attends the Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta" created?

This artwork was created 1763/1766.

Giovanni Battista Brustolon after Canaletto

1763/1766

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 44.8 x 57.2 cm (17 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.) sheet: 49.3 x 69.1 cm (19 7/16 x 27 3/16 in.)

Classification

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1985.61.457

Art Historical Context

In the bustling heart of 18th-century Venice,The Doge Attends the Giovediasso Festival in the Piaetta* captures a vibrant moment of Carnival revelry. Created by engraver Giovanni Battista Brustolon paintings by the renowned Venetian vedutista Canaletto, this 1763–1766 etching and engraving the Doge—Venice's elected leader—processioning through the Piazzetta San Marco on Giovedi Grasso, or "Fat Thursday," the lively kickoff to pre-Lenten festivities. Crowds in masquerade fill the square, framed by iconic architecture like the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Campanile, evoking the city's opulent so...

The Doge Attends the Giovedi Grasso Festival in the Piazzetta

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