Mountain Landscape with Five Bridges

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The etching depicts a scene with a winding path and a small bridge crossing over a gap in a hilly landscape. The horizon shows a distant tree line and brush. The linework creates depth and form with hatching for shading. The color palette is monochromatic, with black ink on a pale background. A figure sits by the path with a fishing rod, while horse-drawn carriages and other figures can be seen in the distance traveling along the road.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.189

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 22, state iia/ii

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.

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. 22, iia/ii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 22, iia/ii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal. f.

Wikidata ID

Q64954236

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