View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb

c. 1740

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows a riverside scene with a grand architectural structure on the left featuring an ornate archway with detailed carvings and statues. In the distance, there are mountains and scattered buildings on a peninsula, with finely etched clouds in the sky. The brushwork is precise and intricate, using thin lines to create texture and detail. The color palette is monochromatic, in shades of black and white. A small town is depicted to the right with several structures clustered together, and a winding river adds dynamism to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.2 x 30.2 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 x 31.2 cm (12 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 16, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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, as View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb.

Bibliography

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. 16.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 16, ii/ii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 14.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal. f.

Wikidata ID

Q76337045

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