Title Plate

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image is viewed from a straight-on perspective of an architectural structure with an engraved facade displaying text. The horizon is not clearly defined as the architectural elements dominate the upper part of the scene, with a large plaque at the center. The style features finely detailed etching, visible in the shading, line work, stone textures, and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black and white. Stone steps lead to the structure, where two figures are depicted. In the distance, there are silhouettes of domes, spires, and columns above a wall, suggesting a cityscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.171

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 1, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch, 1

1945

  • Pallucchini, Rodolpho and Guarnati, G.F.. Le acqueforti del Canaletto. Venice: Edizioni Daria Guarnati, 1945, no. 1.

1974

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: a catalogue and study illustrating and describing the known states, including those hitherto unrecorded. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974, 1.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 1, ii/ii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 1.

Inscriptions

across center in plate: VEDUTE / ... / DA / ANTONIO CANAL / ... (7 more lines)

Wikidata ID

Q64954180

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