Visit of the Doge to San Zaccaria on Easter Day
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 44 x 56.5 cm (17 5/16 x 22 1/4 in.) sheet: 50 x 68.5 cm (19 11/16 x 26 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Accession Number
1985.61.460
Art Historical Context
This striking print captures a grand Venetian ceremony: the Doge’s official Easter visit to the Church of San Zaccaria. Created between 1763 and 1766 by Giovanni Battista Brustolon after an original design by Canaletto, the image records the colorful procession of officials, clergy, and citizens moving through the city’s sunlit squares. Canaletto’s celebrated vedute style—precise architectural views that blend topographical accuracy with atmospheric light—remains clearly visible even in this reproductive format. Brustolon translated the painted scene into etching and engraving on laid paper, ...