Preview
![image preview](https://digital.kenyon.edu/arthistorystudycollection/1061/preview.jpg)
Creation Date
1735–1746
Geography
Venice, Italy
Culture
Italian
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
With frame: 15 9/16 × 13 13/16 × 1 1/16 in. (40.2 × 35.1 × 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.63
Provenance
Purchased from Denis Conley Art Gallery in Akron, Ohio.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Below image, lower center: "A. Canal ſ"
Beneath image, lower margin, right: "25"
Stamp on back of frame, lower center, upside down: "DENIS CONLEY GALLERY / 754 Kenmore Blvd. / Akron, Ohio 44314 / 330-754-2022"
Creator Biography
Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), Italian, 1697–1768 (etcher).
Description
Loosely rendered mountain landscape crossed by travelers in carriages and on foot over a series of bridges.
This etching is one of 36 created for Vedute Altre prese da i Luoghi Altre ideate (Views, Some Taken from Places, Others Invented) depicting Venice, Canaletto's home and constant source of artistic inspiration.