Landscape with a Woman at a Well

c. 1740

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows a landscape with architectural elements and natural scenery. There is a rustic building with a large arched entrance, figures near its base, various structures, trees, pointed rooftops, and a dome-like structure in the distance. The sky is filled with horizontal lines. The etching style features fine lines with cross-hatching for shadows and texture. The palette is monochromatic, using shades of black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.5 x 20.8 cm (5 5/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.7 x 23 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 29, state iia or b/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773) Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906.

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:no.29, iia/ii

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 29, iia or b/iii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 25.

Wikidata ID

Q76337042

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