May 21, 2020 - Sale 2537

Sale 2537 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ANTONIO DA CANAL, IL CANALETTO
The Portico with the Lantern.

Etching, circa 1740. 303x435 mm; 12x17 1/8 inches, wide margins. Third state (of 3), with the letters and number lower left. Ex-collection Viola and Remig Papp, ink stamp verso (not in Lugt). A superb, richly-inked impression with strong contrasts, with the tonal gradations in the etching distinct and with crisp, partially inky plate edges. DeVesme 10; Bromberg 10.