Landscape with the Pilgrim at Prayer, from Vedute
Canaletto
1735/44
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.9 × 20.7 cm (5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.2 × 20.9 cm (5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 16.9 × 23.9 cm (6 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84298
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The most distinguished Italian vista painter of the eighteenth century, Canaletto gave up painting in the early 1740s, focusing entirely on drawing and etching.
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.