View of a Town on a River Bank

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows a landscape with a river, a village, and a bell tower. The composition includes a wooded area in the foreground with a broken tree trunk. Figures on horseback are crossing the river. The color scheme is predominantly black and gray. The sky has clouds and adds depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 x 43.4 cm (11 3/4 x 17 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.9 x 65.2 cm (18 1/16 x 25 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.146

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 9, state i/ii

  • Series Title

    Vedute [Vesme 1-32]

Artwork history & notes

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.

1945

  • Pallucchini, Rodolpho and Guarnati, G.F.. Le acqueforti del Canaletto. Venice: Edizioni Daria Guarnati, 1945, no. 9.

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. 9, i/ii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 9, i/ii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal f.

Markings

inverted A; fleur-de-lis

Watermarks

Triple-crescent

Wikidata ID

Q74070606

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