About the Artwork
View of a Town on a River Bank
between 1735 and 1746
Canaletto
1697-1768
Italian
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Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (32.4 × 45.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S222
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: A. Canal. f. Inscribed, lower right: E 5. Inscribed, in black ink, verso: H. Z.
Stamp, in purple, verso: Juan Jorge Peoli (Lugt 1481)
Provenance
May 1894, Juan Jorge Peoli (New York, New York, USA).1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Canaletto, View of a Town on a River Bank, between 1735 and 1746, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S222.
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