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Giovanni Battista Brustolon, printmaker

The Grand Canal on Ascension Day, from the series Views of the Buildings and Passageways that Make Up the City of Venice,, 1763

Description

Maker

  • After Canaletto, 1697-1768, Italian, designer
  • Giovanni Battista Brustolon, 1712-1796, Italian, printmaker

Title

The Grand Canal on Ascension Day, from the series Views of the Buildings and Passageways that Make Up the City of Venice,

Year

1763

Medium

Etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 32.1 x 46 cm (12 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

67.099

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Festive City

December 21, 2012 - July 14, 2013

The Venetian Doge’s most important ceremonial act of the year was the performance of the marriage of Venice to the sea on Ascension Day, called La Festa della Sensa. The Doge rode into the Great Lagoon in his magnificent gilded boat called the bucintoro, seen here with its multiple oars propelling it at right with the lion of St. Mark on the bow. From his throne in the covered apartment in the rear, the Doge threw out a symbolic ring, saying, “We wed thee, O Sea, in token of our eternal power and dominion.” Boats crowd the lagoon carrying passengers with fans and parasols, some masked, while masses of spectators look out from the Palazzo Ducale. Canaletto carefully depicted the event in front of the city’s most important architectural symbols of political and religious power: the clock tower, spires of St. Mark’s Basilica, campanile, and twin pillars of justice.

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