Preview
Creation Date
1783
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
In frame: 16 x 14 in. (40.64 x 35.56 cm)
Not in frame: 8 8/16 x 6 in. (21.59 x 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.69
Provenance
Signed A. Canal F., No. 21
Creator Biography
Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto), Italian, born in Venice, Italy, 1697-1768.
Description
This etching displays the experience of merchant life in Venice during the eighteenth century, with picturesque Italian architecture and the towering masts of trade ships. The scene is crowded with vendors and pedestrians captured in a flurry of activity.