View of Venice [lower center block]

1500

Jacopo de' Barbari

Associated Names
Jacopo de' Barbari

Artist, Venetian, c. 1460/1470 - 1516 or before

The image shows an aerial view of a coastal city with a harbor filled with buildings and vessels. The city's skyline with various structures is visible in the distance. Detailed urban architecture is seen in the foreground, and the water is populated with boats. In the water, a muscular figure on a sea creature holds a trident. The image is created in a detailed etching or line engraving style with a monochrome color palette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 69.4 × 101.2 cm (27 5/16 × 39 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.18

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings, NGA, 1950, no.58.

1960

  • Venetian Arts and Crafts, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1960, no catalogue.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 273, repro.

1976

  • Titian and the Venetian Woodcut, NGA, 1976.

2022

  • Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 2022-2023 (shown only in Washington).

Inscriptions

verso: at upper left, in brown ink, in later hand: Parte del Piano di Venezia creduto di Alberto / Nb trovasi [no comma] intiero in fine del Tomo Quinto / cioè della Parte 3za [terza] delle di Lui opere [text upside down]

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65073848

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