Preview
Creation Date
1735–1746
Geography
Venice, Italy
Culture
Italian
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
With mat: 22 13/16 × 17 9/16 in. (57.9 × 44.6 cm)
Without mat: 20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in. (51.1 × 40.8 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.67
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Below image, lower center: "A. Canal. ſ."
Beneath image, lower margin, right: "10"
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
A wide street with water at each edge is populated with merchants, workers, pedestrians, and carriages. On the left edge of the water, a boat approaches a bridge supported by a series of rounded arches; in the water to the right, several boats approach the dock. Across the bridge lies the city of Padua, with a skyline marked by bell towers, church domes, and tall, ancient monuments.
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.