Imaginary View of Padua
Canaletto
c. 1735/1746
Medium
etching
Dimensions
image: 29.6 × 43.2 cm (11 5/8 × 17 in.) plate: 30.1 × 43.5 cm (11 7/8 × 17 1/8 in.) sheet (trimmed irregularly): 38.6 × 53.7 cm (15 3/16 × 21 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of W.G. Russell Allen
Accession Number
1941.1.181
About the Artist
Canaletto · 1697–1768
The most famous view-painter of the 18th century, Canaletto's works are characteristically topographically correct with smooth, precise handling. His patrons were primarily English collectors.