Imaginary landscape with oxcart crossing a bridge
Maker
(artist)
1697-1768
(etcher)
1697-1768
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
Width: 12.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1933.HO.1.34
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
road carts
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.
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
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 : signed : printed : lower right & recto : : A. Canal f.
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