Portico with lantern

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Maker

(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

Portico with lantern

Date of Production

(circa) 1741 - 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 43.1 cm

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.11

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

This view of houses dramatically framed by the arches of a portico does not depict an actual location; it is an imaginary view, or capriccio, skilfully composed by combining invented and real elements. Canaletto appears to have been self-taught as an etcher and developed a highly individual style in his brief period of activity as a printmaker. The tightly packed, wavy parallel lines describing the sky and clouds are typical of his work, vividly conveying the hot, moisture-laden
atmosphere of a summer day in Venice.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower centre & recto : : A. Canal f. V.

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Canaletto - Etchings, Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/11/1974-01/12/1974

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