Giovanni Battista Brustolon

Giovanni Battista Brustolon is a Venetian printmaker whose etchings record the civic rituals and urban vistas of eighteenth-century Venice, above all the ducal processions and festival scenes of Le Feste Ducali. His plates combine etching with engraving and burin work, giving the architecture and crowded squares a firm, legible line. This archive gathers five of his sheets, most of them etched, ranging across the years 1763 to 1766 as dated by the Met, with impressions up to that span. Subjects run from the Bucintoro and Corpus Christi processions in Piazza San Marco to the Rialto Bridge and the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo.

5 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

View of Piazza San Marco, with the church of San Geminiano at the far end, and figures and market stalls in the foreground

1763 · Etching

The Rialto Bridge, Venice, with boats and gondolas in the water

1763 · Etching

View of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo), Venice

1763 · Etching

Plate 5: The Doge in the Bucintoro Departing for the Porto di Lido on Ascension Day, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali)

ca. 1766 · Etching and engraving; second state of four

Plate 9: Procession on Corpus Christi Day in the Piazza San Marco, from 'Ducal Ceremonies and Festivals' (Le Feste Ducali)

ca. 1766 · Etching and engraving