Imaginary view of a walled town by a river

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Maker

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

Title

Imaginary view of a walled town by a river

Date of Production

(circa) 1741 - 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 42.7 cm

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.12

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

The gates and some of the buildings of the walled town shown here have been thought to resemble Padua, and the figure on the column in the centre echoes the staue of Saint Theodore in Venice, but overall this view shows an imaginary rather than an actual place. Canaletto seems to have been particularly interested in the contrast between the decayed mill-house in the right foreground and the grandeur of the city beyond.

Inscriptions

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

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

Piranesi, Canaletto, Tiepolo - Etchings from the Courtauld Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999
Canaletto's Etched Views of Venice and its Environs, Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1991-09/06/1991
Canaletto - Etchings, Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/11/1974-01/12/1974

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