Georg Balthasar Probst, View of the Grand Canal, 1770.

Georg Balthasar Probst, View of the Grand Canal, 1770. An antique etching depicting the view of Venice by 18th-century German engraver Georg Balthasar Probst. The title is in Latin, French, Italian, and German.

Part of the Grand Canal beyond the Jewish Bridge in Venice; Section of the canal towards the Jewish Bridge, Venice; Part of the Grand Canal, just beyond the Jewish Bridge, in Venice. 

The sheet is in good condition, dating from around 1770. 

The coloration is later. The edges of the sheets will be restored. Presented in an elegant, modern frame made of boxwood.

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