La Piera del Bando. V.

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La Piera del Bando. V.

c. 1738-1740

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (active Venice, Rome, and England), 1697–1768) Dedicated to Joseph Smith (British (active Venice), c. 1682–1770)

In this view of the Piazzetta San Marco, Canaletto illustrates the Piera (or Pietra) del Bando, located next to a column of the portico of the Basilica of San Marco. This fragment of ancient porphyry column (lower left), looted from Genoa during a thirteenth-century battle, was used as a proclamation stone from which important decrees were read.

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Object Details

Titles:

La Piera del Bando. V.
From the series Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate (Venice: Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 2nd edition 1754/55-59)

Date:

c. 1738-1740

Artists:

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian (active Venice, Rome, and England), 1697–1768) Dedicated to Joseph Smith (British (active Venice), c. 1682–1770)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Plate: 5 5/8 x 8 5/16 inches (14.3 x 21.1 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 x 9 5/8 inches (16.7 x 24.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lisa Norris Elkins Fund, 1951

Accession Number:

1951-96-35

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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