Serenissimus Princeps die Ascensionis Domini in Aurea navi, vulgo Bucintoro, miro cujusvis navigiorum numero stipata Litus petit. Bucentaur

Line engraving showing the state barge Bucentaur (Bucintoro) surrounded by dozens of smaller vessels on the Grand Canal, Venice. The artist is Antonius Canal, or Antonio Canaletto, the engraver John Baptiste or Giovanni-Batista Brustoloni (written as 'Jo. Bap Brustolon', bottom left), and the publisher Ludovicum (or Ludovic) Furlanetto of Baretteri Bridge, Venice, who dedicates the print 'by permission of the Most Excellent Senate').

Object Details

ID: PAH9174
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brustolon, John Baptiste; Canal, Antonio Giovanni Furlanetto, Ludovicum
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Bucentaur (1606)
Date made: 1605
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 437 x 554 mm