Imaginary landscape with oxcart crossing a bridge

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Maker

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

Title

Imaginary landscape with oxcart crossing a bridge

Date of Production

1741 = 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 14.3 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Object Number

G.1933.HO.1.34

Mode of Acquisition

Henry Oppenheimer, bequest, 1933 (January)

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

The plate from which this etching was printed was cut from a larger plate. However, no impressions exist from the plate before it was cut in two, and it may be that Canaletto destroyed all the prints he took becase he was dissatisfied with the composition. Nevertheless, this image remains interesting for the comparison between the watery view through the arch of the bridge and the airy view through the archway of the gatehouse above.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : signed : printed : lower right & 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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