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House,
ca. 1741
Canaletto, Italian, 1697–1768
x1946-159
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
Title
House
Dates
ca. 1741
Maker
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
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.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Roudebusch to the Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1946-159
Place Made
Europe, Italy
Inscription
Dated and initialed in plate on house in roman numerals: MDCCXLI AC
Reference Numbers
Bromberg 14; De Vesme 13
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- Alessandro Baudi di Vesme and Adam von Bartsch, Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch (Milan: Hoepli, 1906)., no. 6iv, p. 380
- 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
