CANALETTO
Capriccio: A tomb by a lagoon
(1740s)

Medium
pen and brown ink and grey wash over pencil with ruled brown ink border

Measurements
31.5 × 43.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Constable 1989, II.621

Inscription
inscribed in brown ink l.l.: Anton Canal del (possibly in later hand)
inscribed in brown ink l.c.: Canaletti (according to Harley Preson in an 18th century hand, but not the artist's hand)

Accession Number
1278.695-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Architecture Human Figures

Subjects (specific)
boats columns (architectural elements) cornices lagoons (bodies of water) lagoons (bodies of water) platforms (general) tombs

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CANALETTO
Capriccio: A tomb by a lagoon
(1740s)