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The Porta Portello, Padua (c. 1741/1742)
The Porta Portello, Padua (c. 1741/1742)
Public Domain
Artist
Canaletto
Also Known As
Antonio Canal
Artist Dates
1697-1768
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
The Porta Portello, Padua
Date
c. 1741/1742
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
62 x 109 cm (24 7/16 x 42 15/16 in)
K Number
K2175
Repository
National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1961.9.53
Notes

Provenance

L.T.N. Gould, Suffolk; sold 1943 to (P & D Colnaghi & Co., London); sold later that year to Francis F. Madan, London, as by Bellotto; [1] (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 15 July 1955, no. 88, as by Canaletto); purchased by H. Cevat; [2] (David M. Koetser Gallery, New York, London, and Zurich); purchased 1957 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA. [1] See letter dated 8 May 1990 from Nadia E. Awad of the Getty Provenance Index, in NGA curatorial files. [2] Christie's annotated sale catalogue lists the purchaser as "H. Cevat."