Bishop's Tomb

Maker

(artist)
1697-1768

(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

Bishop's Tomb

Date of Production

1741 = 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22 cm
Width: 13 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.36

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






Label Text

The plate from which this etching was printed originally formed part of a larger plate which Canaletto cut into three pieces. Here Canaletto has produced an inventive, imaginary combination of a statue (possibly of the Virgin Mary), a pyramid, and some ruined pillars with antique decoration; to the right is part of a canopy over a bishop's tomb which was divided in two when the plate was cut up.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

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

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