Nov 02, 2017 - Sale 2460

Sale 2460 - Lot 179

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
ANTONIO DA CANAL, IL CANALETTO
Le Porte del Dolo.

Etching, circa 1740. 300x430 mm; 11 7/8x17 inches, small margins. Second state (of 3), with the cross-hatching and strengthening on the rooftop and window panes of the corner house at left. Ex-collection Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to a note in his hand dated 1944 in ink on the frame back. A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts, crisp plate edges and no sign of wear. Bromberg 6.