May 06, 2021 - Sale 2566

Sale 2566 - Lot 128

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
BERNARDO BELLOTTO
Perspective de la Façade de la Roïale Eglise Catolique avec une part du Palais.

Etching, 1748. 545x839 mm; 21 1/2x33 1/2 inches, wide margins. First state (of 5), with the arms etched from a separate plate and the words "Peint, dessiné, et gravé oar Bernard Belotto dit Canalletto 1748." Pinecone with letters watermark. A superb, richly-inked and early impression with traces of the guidelines for the text in the lower margin distinct and with pentimenti of the wheel on the cart lower left extending into the left margin. DeVesme 11.