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Auction 128, Lot 744

"Doganna di Mare, e Chiesa della Salute…"

Subject: Venice, Italy

Period: 1831 (published)

Publication: Nuovo Raccolta delle Principali Vedute della R. Citta di Venezia

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.3 x 7 inches
23.6 x 17.8 cm
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This fine aquatint engraving by Antonio Lazzari shows the Venetian customs house (Doganna di Mare) at the entrance to the Grand Canal. Also titled in French, Douane de Mer, et Eglise la Salute. It was published by Giovanni Gallo in Venice.

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Condition: B+

Fine impression and color with minor surface soil in blank margins including a small smudge in the lower left corner.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/20/2009

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