Description: Platea S.S. Johannis et Pauli, corum Templum et Schola D. Marci Etching by Antonio VisentiniAfter a design by Antonio Canaletto1742 Numbered “I” on plate lower right. Engraving taken from the work "Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebraores, ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII" Venice, Joannem Baptistam Pasquali, 1742. The first complete edition of this series was released in 1742, including thirty-eight views divided into three parts and numbered respectively I-XIV, 1-12, I-XII. This is the first plate of the Third Part (thus the "I".) In the first state of 3, before the appearance of the bilingual title and the change in numbering. On laid paper with prominent watermark. Trimmed margins. Creases and dirt in margins. Extensive foxing in the image. Plate: 11 x 17 inchesSheet: about 13 x 19 inches Canaletto, also known as Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768) was an Italian painter renowned for his paintings depicting Venice and its canals. Visentini's plates are not only the best known among the many engravings made after Canaletto's famous views of Venice, but also the best and most influential: "crucial to forming the image of Venice in the mind of its visitors" (Millard). The British Consul Smith commissioned the painter, engraver and architect Antonio Visentini (1688-1782), connected to the Academia and to the artistic and publishing circle around Smith, to engrave the plates after Canalettos' paintings. The series of 38 plates is divided into three suites of respectively XIV, XII and XII numbered prints, each suite with its own letterpress title-page. The first set of plates is entirely focussed on the Grand Canal, as is promised by the original title-page, the Prospectus Magni Canali. The prints of the second suite particularly show the banks of the Grand Canal. The third suite shows views of campi and the Piazza San Marco. Besides Saint Mark's Basilica itself and the Piazza we see for example the campo of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the Piazza San Polo and San Niccolo on the Lido. All prints are captioned in Italian.
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Artist: Antonio Canaletto, Antonio Visentini
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1742
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
Subject: Venice
