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Le Delizie del fiume Brenta nei palazzi e casini situati sopra le sue sponde dalla sua sboccatura nella laguna di Venezia infino alla città di Padova (The Delights of the Brenta River, in the Palaces and Villas along the Banks, from its Mouth in the Lagoon of Venice to the City of Padua): Vol II

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38.2 × 52.2 cm (15 1/16 × 20 9/16 in.)
plate: 26 × 34 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

New Century Fund, William B. O'Neal Fund and Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Succi 2013, no. 89, State ii/iii

Accession Number

2017.140.1.2.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Francesco Costa (artist) Venetian, 1711 - 1773

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Inscription

center in plate: CON PRIVILEGIO DELL' ECC.MO SENATO / LE DELIZIE DEL FIUME BRENTA / NEI PALAZZI E CASINI SITUATI SOPRA LE / SUE SPONDE / TOMO SECONDO / DISEGNATE ET INCISE DA GIANFRANCESCO COSTA / ARCHITETTO E PITTORE VENEZIANO; lower left: VENEZIA; lower right: MDCCLXII; lower center: I

Marks and Labels

18th century collector's mark with the eagle of the Valier family and arms of the Bembo family (unrecorded in Lugt).

Provenance

Palazzo Bembo-Valier, Gambarare. (Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Turin); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

PRPH Books
Palazzo Bembo-Valier

Bibliography

2013: Succi, Dario. La Serenissmia nello specchio di rame: Splendore di una civiltà figurativa del Settecento. Castelfranco Veneto, 2013: no. 89, ii/iii.