View of a Town on a River Bank, from Vedute

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View of a Town on a River Bank, from Vedute, 1735/44. Etching in black on ivory laid paper.

Etching in black on ivory laid paper · Image: 29.5 × 43.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: View of a Town on a River Bank, from Vedute
Artist: Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768
Date: 1735/44
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 29.5 × 43.2 cm (11 5/8 × 17 1/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 43.6 cm (11 13/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.3 × 58.7 cm (17 1/16 × 23 1/8 in.)
Credit line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1697–1768

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.