Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars

c. 1735/1746

Canaletto

Associated Names
Canaletto

Artist, Venetian, 1697 - 1768

The image shows a scene from an elevated perspective, displaying buildings and landscape. The horizon is low, marked by various buildings including a tower and houses. A church with a spire is also visible. The etching style uses detailed lines to depict buildings, vegetation, and the sky. The monochrome color palette is black and white, with contrast used to create depth. A woman walks with a dog on a path, leading to buildings, a hill with figures, and ancient ruins. Clouds are sketched in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.195

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bromberg 1993, no. 28, state ii/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. 28, ii/ii.

1993

  • Bromberg, Ruth. Canaletto's etchings: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1993, no. 28, ii/ii.

2002

  • Montecuccoli degli Erri, Federico. Canaletto incisore. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, 2002, no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: A. Canal. f.

Wikidata ID

Q64954260

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