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House,
ca. 1741
These two views, comprising an imaginary panorama of Venice and its lagoon, were initially etched on one plate, which Canaletto subsequently cut in half and published as separate prints; impressions made before the division are extremely rare. Vernacular Venetian houses, including the one on the left with the inscribed date and the artist’s initials, are juxtaposed with domed churches and classical ruins—the latter recalling Canaletto’s visit to Rome in 1720.
Information
ca. 1741
Etching
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 30 × 21.8 cm (11 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
frame: 54.6 × 42.1 × 2.5 cm (21 1/2 × 16 9/16 × 1 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Roudebusch to the Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Europe, Italy
Dated and initialed in plate on house in roman numerals: MDCCXLI AC
- Alessandro Baudi di Vesme and Adam von Bartsch, Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch (Milan: Hoepli, 1906)., no. 13
- Ruth Bromberg, Canaletto's etchings: a catalogue and study illustrating and describing the known states, including those hitherto unrecorded (London, New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1974)., no. 13
