Canaletto
Italian, 1697-1768
Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso)
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Canaletto
Italian, 1697-1768c. 1720
Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso)
Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1720
Medium
Pen and brush and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
29.4 × 20.8 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Samuel P. Avery Fund
Canaletto made many finished drawings with pen and wash; sometimes they depict an actual scene, but just as often they contain more than a touch of fantasy. This capriccio may be based on reminiscences of the little town of Chioggia.
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