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Details
- Other Title
- Panorama of a town beside a river
- Media category
- Materials used
- etching
- Edition
- 2/3
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 43.1 cm platemark; 30.4 x 43.5 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., [incised plate] "A. Canal...". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1937
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 6427
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Canaletto
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About
In the early 1740s Canaletto gave up painting almost entirely and devoted himself to drawing and etching. He probably made his first etching around 1735, and worked in the medium until 1745. Canaletto's prints depict actual Venetian views and imaginary landscapes ('capricci'), but sometimes they are a synthesis of the two traditions, as in the etching displayed here.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
The Bitten Image: European etchings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Jul 1980–14 Sep 1980
Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian Old Master Prints from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jun 1998–20 Sep 1998
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Nicholas Draffin (Curator), The bitten image: European etchings from the collection, Sydney, 1980, 9. no catalogue numbers
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Peter Raissis, Mantegna to Piranesi - Italian old master prints from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998, 6, 8. no catalogue numbers
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