Imaginary view of a town on a river bank

Maker

(artist)
1697-1768

(etcher)
1697-1768

Title

Imaginary view of a town on a river bank

Date of Production

(circa) 1741 - 1744

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 42.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1933.HO.1.9

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

This is on the the imaginary views in Canaletto's series of etchings, Views of Venice, although elements of the composition may have been based on sketches which the artist made on a journey along the Brenta Canal.

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 : signed : printed : lower centre & recto : : A. Canal f.

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