Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Q: When was "Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)" created?

This artwork was created 1735–46.

Q: Is "Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)" in the public domain?

Yes, Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)|Joseph Smith

1735–46

Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal) by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)|Joseph Smith

Medium

Etching; second state of three

Dimensions

Plate: 11 13/16 in. × 17 in. (30 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 17 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (44.8 × 60 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number

18.65.1(11)

Tags

ColumnsWatermillsChurchesSaints

Art Historical Context

Step into the whimsical world of 18th-century Venice withetto's *Imaginary View of Padua*, etching from his celebrated *Views* series (*Vedute altre prese da luoghi altre ideate da Canal*), created between 1735 and 1746. This second state of three captures a fantastical panorama of Padua, blending real architectural motifs with artistic invention: a towering campanile and domed rise on the left, a grand column crowned by a saint's statue commands the center, and a quaint cottage and water-mill nestle in the right foreground. Giovanni Antonio Canal, known simply as Canaletto, masterfully evokes...

Imaginary View of Padua, with a campanile and domed church at left, a column surmounted by a statue of a saint at center, and a cottage and water-mill at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

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