ANTONIO DA CANAL, IL CANALETTO House with the Inscription and the House with the Peristyle (Imaginary View of Venice).
The pair of etchings on 2 joined sheets of cream laid paper, circa 1740. 300x430 mm; 11 7/8x17 inches, narrow margins. Bromberg 13 the only state; Bromberg 14 the second state (of 2), with the artist's initials lower right. Coat-of-arms with stars watermark (Bromberg 25/27). Superb, strongly-inked impressions with dark contrasts.
Originally a single composition consisting of the Imaginary View of Venice, the plate was divided by Canaletto for unknown reasons prior to its publication in 1741. Bromberg 13 and 14.
