Fragment from an imaginary view of a town with a bishop's tomb

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Maker

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

Title

Fragment from an imaginary view of a town with a bishop's tomb

Date of Production

1741 = 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 13 cm

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.16

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

This print was taken from an etched plate which was originally part of a larger plate which Canaletto cut into three pieces. The distant town and the tomb in the foreground are both imaginary, although each has some echoes of the architecture of Venice. Canaletto's skill with the etching process is demonstrated by the very slight variations of the parallel horizontal lines which describe the light, airy cloud formations in the sky above the town.

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

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