Canaletto
1697-1768
Façade of the Church of S. Maria della Visitazione or della Pieta, Venice
5 15/16 x 4 3/4 inches (152 x 120 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1982.15
Gift of Janos Scholz.
Notes
Watermark: illegible fragment.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered at upper left, "50"; inscribed variously by the artist on verso, in pen and brown ink, "8 comandaori, 6 con le trombe, 36 Comandaori, 15 scudieri; 6 pifari (crossed out); Cavalier de Dose Miser (crossed out); Missier Grando, Caval, 3 Sechretari; quel dala candela, 8 comandaori con stend, 6 con le trombe, 36 comandaori"; at upper left, in graphite, "Segreta e rio".
Associated names
Brass, Italico, 1870-1943, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
Bibliography
Muraro, Michelangelo. Venetian Drawings from the Collection Janos Scholz. Venice : N. Pozza, 1957, no. 81, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 245-246.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 245-246.
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Century Drawings
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