PrintsItalian18th century

Imaginary View of Venice

1741

Artists

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called CanalettoArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Medium

Etching on white antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 29.7 × 43.3 cm (11 11/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Eliot Norton. verso inscribed: N. Coll. Oct. 1874; does not have the usual Fine Arts Department stamp

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