Capriccio: The Rialto Bridge and the Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore
Artist
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Italian, 1697–1768
Datecirca 1750
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 114.3 cm)
Frame: 72 5/8 x 51 1/2 in. (184.5 x 130.8 cm)
Frame: 72 5/8 x 51 1/2 in. (184.5 x 130.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.149
On View
On viewProvenanceThomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), London; with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; Sir Charles Clow Tennant (later Lord Glenconner),1st Baronet (1823-1906), 1894; [by inheritance to?] his daughter, Emma Alice Margaret (Margot) Asquith [née Tennant], Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864-1945), London; sold Christie's, London, April 2, 1943, lot 26 [bought by Koetser]; with David M. Koetser, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 1952.
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