Imaginary View of Venice, a house with a peristyle at center, several boats 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)

Title: Imaginary View of Venice, a house with a peristyle at center, several boats 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)

Series/Portfolio: Views (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)

Dedicatee: Joseph Smith (British, ca. 1674–1770)

Date: 1741

Medium: Etching; divided plate, second state of two

Dimensions: Plate: 11 13/16 × 8 7/16 in. (30 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 5/8 × 23 9/16 in. (44.8 × 59.9 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918

Object Number: 18.65.1(13)