Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon

CanalettoWW-1750-156414

1750·pen and brown ink and brush and gray and black washes over traces of graphite (?); framing lines in pen and brown and black ink·Sheet: 26.9 x 42.1 cm (10 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.)

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Year: 1750
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and gray and black washes over traces of graphite (?); framing lines in pen and brown and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 26.9 x 42.1 cm (10 9/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Canaletto

Artist

Canaletto

Painting

Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.

Venice, Italy

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