Imaginary view of a town with lagoon

Maker

(artist)
1697-1768

(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

Imaginary view of a town with lagoon

Date of Production

1741

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.8 cm
Width: 43.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.13

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Related Works

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Label Text

This is one of a very small number of impressions taken from this plate before Canaletto cut it down the middle, dividing it into two imaginary scenes. The lagoon visible to the right may be based on the Lagoon around Venice; the activities of boatmen on the river and in the boathouses in the centre of the composition are certainly an important aspect of the scene. The date 1741 is inscribed in Roman numerals next to Canaletto's initials on the house to the left (MDCCXLI A.C.).

Provenance

Previous owner : Oppenheimer, Henry

Exhibition History

Piranesi, Tiepolo, Canaletto - Etchings from the Courtauld
Collection, London & England, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999

Canaletto's Etched Views of Venice and its Environs, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1991-09/06/1991

Canaletto - Etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/11/1974-01/12/1974

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : dated : printed : centre right & recto : : MDCCXLI.A.C

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