The Rialto Bridge, Venice, with boats and gondolas in the water
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 12 1/2 × 18 1/16 in. (31.8 × 45.8 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in. (34.9 × 47.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.611.29(2)
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About this artwork
This prints by italian artist Giovanni Battista Brustolon exemplifies the artistic achievements of 1763. Italian artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods set standards for technical excellence and artistic innovation that influenced Western art for centuries. The artist's work in etching demonstrates the importance of printmaking as both an artistic medium and a means of disseminating images widely. Executed in etching, this work demonstrates the sophisticated technical processes involved ...
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Brustolon|Lodovico Furlanetto|Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) · 1712–1796
Giovanni Battista Brustolon (1712–1796) was an Italian printmaker from Belluno who became one of the most accomplished reproductive engravers of 18th-century Venice. Born in 1712, Brustolon specialized in a sophisticated combination of etching and engraving techniques that allowed him to create prints of exceptional tonal richness and detail. Employed by Venice's leading publishers, he dedicated m...