Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini
Artwork Details
- Title: Portraits of Canaletto and Visentini
- Series/Portfolio: Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum
- Artist: Antonio Maria Visentini (Italian, Venice 1688–1782 Venice)
- Artist: After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
- Sitter: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
- Sitter: Antonio Maria Visentini (Italian, Venice 1688–1782 Venice)
- Date: 1735
- Medium: Etching; first state of three
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 11/16 × 16 7/8 in. (27.2 × 42.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in. (38.4 × 54.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of David and Elizabeth Tunick, 1991
- Object Number: 1991.1206.6
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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