Lagoon Capriccio (recto); Architectural Scene (verso)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1697–1768
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of lead or graphite (recto). Squared in lead or graphite. Faint traces of a constructed outline drawing of an architectural scene, in lead or graphite; faint traces of a constructed outline drawing of buildings along a Venetian canal in lead or graphite (verso)
Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 16 1/4in. (25.9 x 41.3cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1943
Accession year: 1943
Tags: Buildings|Bridges|Churches