Landscape with the Pilgrim at Prayer

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The view shows a landscape from an elevated perspective featuring rugged terrain with slopes and cliffs. Structures like towers and buildings are visible in the distance to the left. The artwork uses intricate line work typical of etching, focusing on texture and detail with closely integrated lines for structure and shading. The color palette is monochromatic, using variations of black and white for depth and contrast. Two figures are depicted—one near a makeshift shelter with wooden beams and another sitting by the water. In the background, more figures are seen along a path on the hillside with sparse vegetation and structures, under a sky with thin clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.194

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 27, state ii/iii


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. 27, iii/iii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 27, iii/iii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 23.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal. f.

Wikidata ID

Q64954258

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