Prints, Drawings, and Photographs The Doge Giving Thanks in the Great Council Chamber c. 1765 Giovanni Battista Brustolon, Italian, 1712 - 1796. After a drawing by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), Italian (active Venice, Rome, and England), 1697 - 1768. Etching Currently not on view 1985-52-1850 |
The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985LabelIn 1763, the publisher Ludovico Furlanetto commissioned Canaletto to create a series of drawings showing the numerous state and religious festivals over which the Doge presided. Furlanetto later engaged the printmaker Giovanni Battista Brustolon to produce etchings after the drawings. The set commemorated the election of Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo as the new Doge. Here, Mocenigo greets and gives thanks to the Great Council of nobles in a ritual that took place after each election. |
