Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (1697-1768)

Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (1697-1768)
Ale Porte del Dolo (Bromberg 5)
etching, circa 1735-44, third (final) state, a fair impression, watermark Initial R (cf. Bromberg wmk. 59), with margins, the upper and lower sheet edges slightly unevenly trimmed, a faint stain at the lower right (mainly visible verso), a wax-stain with associated defects in the subject, one or two further pale wax-stains mainly in the margins, a few worm holes in the upper centre, three soft vertical folds, old tape at the upper and lower reverse sheet edges, lesser defects, framed
P. 300 x 430mm., S. 364 x 487mm.