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Imaginary view: a canal side flanked by two statues looking towards a bridge and palaces

Drawing
1764 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bellotto, Bernardo (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Imaginary view of a canal scene

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Topography
Object type
Drawing
TitleImaginary view: a canal side flanked by two statues looking towards a bridge and palaces (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pen & ink, and wash on Paper
Pen and Wash
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, 'Imaginary view: a canal side flanked by two statues looking towards a bridge and palaces', by Bellotto, 1764.
Physical description
Imaginary view of a canal scene
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 43.8cm
  • From catalogue width: 61.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Bernardo Belotto de Canaletto Inv: et Fec. 1764

Note
Signed and dated
Credit line
Given by Miss A. Simonson in memory of her brother George Simonson
Object history
Given by Miss A. Simonson in memory of her brother George Simonson.
Subjects depicted
Canals
Statues
Bridges (Built Works)
Palaces
Bibliographic references
  • Ward Jackson, Peter. Italian Drawings (London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979), vol. II, p. 116, cat.926. The following is the full text of the catalogue entry: 'BELOTTO, BERNARDO called Canaletto (1720-80) 926 Architectural caprice Signed 'Bernardo Belotto Canaletto Inv. et Fec. 1764' Pen and ink and wash 17 1/8 x 24 1/8 (435 x 613) E.31-1939 PROVENANCE Given by Miss A. Simonson in memory of her brother George A. Simonson LITERATURE S. Kozakiewiecz, Bernardo Bellotto, 1972, p. 520, nos. Z.521-22: this and no. 927 are presumably the two drawings stated to be in the G. A. Simonson Collection (1927) whose present location the author could not discover There are allusions here to the Dioscuri on the Quirinal at Rome and to the gilt bronze horses on St Mark's, Venice. There is another version of the drawing in the Darmstadt Museum (see H. A. Fritzsche, Bernardo Belotto, Burg bei Magdeburg, 1936, p. 130, no. Vz.3).' Peter Ward Jackson, 1979
  • Canaletto e Bellotto: L'arte della veduta / a cura di Bozena Anna Kowalczyk Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2008. 263p : ill (chiefly col).
  • Ward Jackson, Peter. Italian Drawings (London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1979), vol. II, pp. 116-7, cat.927.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.31-1939

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Record createdNovember 5, 2007
Record URL
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