Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Artist: Joseph Smith|Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Artist bio: British, ca. 1674–1770|Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice
Artist role: Dedicatee|Artist
Artist nationality: British|Italian
Date: 1741
Medium: Etching; undivided plate, only state
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 13/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30 × 43.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Mary V.T. Eberstadt and Bequest of Gertrude Moira Flanagan, by exchange, 1973
Accession year: 1973
Tags: Cities|Churches|Boats|Venice