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Nauticum Certamen

Sheet 13 from the series "Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebrioris"
Lost Art-ID
617569
Artist / Creator
Visentini, Antonio
Birth
1688, Venedig
Death
1782, Venedig
Place of activity
Venedig
Artist / Creator
Canaletto, Antonio
Birth
1697.10.18, Venedig
Death
1768.04.20, Venedig
Place of activity
Venedig, Rom, London
Title
Nauticum Certamen
Additional title
Sheet 13 from the series "Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus Celebrioris"
Dating
1734 (um)
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (etching)
Height
27.30 cm
Width
43.00 cm
Inventory number
III 3093
Description

Decorated gondolas and spectators on the shore watch the festivities on the Grand Canal, possibly the aftermath of a naval battle (Nauticum Certamen).

Inscription: Nauticum Certamen cum Prospectu ab Aedibus Balborum, ad Pontem Rivoalti, XIII.

Reverse: [in pencil below right:] 15626 [next to it:] ich [in pencil centre:] 58 (curled) [in pencil above right:] 3.-

Provenance

[...] - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

04.05.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1937/184
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