Antonio Canal Canaletto

LOT 134 GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO VENICE 1697 - 1768 VENETIAN VIEWS: THE ARSENAL, SAN FRANCESCO DELLA VIGNA, A MAN IN A BOAT, AND A STUDY OF A MAN SEEN FROM BEHIND Pen and brown ink over black chalk and black chalk (the figure of a man), partly indented with stylus; inscribed in pen and brown ink: taca (twice), zatare, Arsenahal, S. Fransesco; bears attribution in pencil, verso: Canaletto 130 by 234 mm; 5 1/8 by 9 1/4 in

Lot 66 School of Canaletto View of the Doge's Palace and the Piazzetta from the Bacino San Marco Oil on canvas 23 1/2 x 37 inches (59.7 x 94 cm) C Estimate $8,000-12,000 Glue relined. Some paint flaking at lower right. Scattered touches of inpainting in the sky; some of the lines of the windows at center right reinforced. Gondolas and their shadows at lower right restored. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (1697-1768) Mestre (Bromberg 3) etching, circa 1740, watermark Three Crescents with Initials AS (Br. 7 or 8), a very good, early impression of the first state (of two), with good contrasts, with wide but slightly irregular margins, a very skilfully repaired tear at the upper right, tiny binding holes along the left sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 300 x 430 mm., S. 348 x 490 mm.

Antonio Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768) Le Procuratie Niove e San Ziminian V (Bromberg 25) Etching, the first state of two (A), c.1740, with 'A Canal f.' and the title under the image, on thick laid, with small margins, 144 x 210mm (5 5/8 x 8 1/4in)(PL), together with another by Bernardo Bellotto of a bridge, on laid, with small margins, 145 x 203mm (5 3/4 x 8in)(PL) (2)

ANTONIO DA CANAL, IL CANALETTO View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb. Etching, before 1744. 300x301 mm; 12x11 7/8, narrow to thread margins outside the black border line. Second state (of 2). A superb, well-inked impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bromberg 16. Estimate $5,000-8,000