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A Bridge Near a Church in Venice, c. 1720. Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, (black chalk and pen and brown ink sketch on verso), perimeter mounted on cream card.
Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, (black chalk and pen and brown ink sketch on verso), perimeter mounted on cream card · 14.1 × 19.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- A Bridge Near a Church in Venice
- Artist
- Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768
- Date
- c. 1720
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, (black chalk and pen and brown ink sketch on verso), perimeter mounted on cream card
- Dimensions
- 14.1 × 19.3 cm (5 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Worcester Sketch Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1697–1768
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.