View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb, from Vedute
Canaletto
1735/44
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.6 × 30.2 cm (11 11/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.3 × 30.7 cm (11 15/16 × 12 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 58.7 cm (17 1/16 × 23 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159746
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.