Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Medium
Etching; undivided plate, only state
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 13/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30 × 43.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Mary V.T. Eberstadt and Bequest of Gertrude Moira Flanagan, by exchange, 1973
Accession Number
1973.634
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 18th-century Venice withetto's *Imaginary View of Venice* (1741), an from the series *Vedute altre prese i luoghi altre ideate Antonio Canal*—a collection blending real and fanciful cityscapes. Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto, masterfully captures an idyllic scene: terraced houses alive with figures on the left, a grand domed church rising at center against the horizon, bustling boats and sheds below, and a solitary seated man gazing from a foreground wall at right. This undivided plate etching, in its only state, measures about 12 × 17 inches, show...