Art Institute of Chicago
Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso)
CanalettoLinkedCulture matchlcp-9a316ea1e17f
- Date
- c. 1720
- Medium
- Pen and brush and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, over graphite, on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 113273
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Canaletto made many finished drawings with pen and wash; sometimes they depict an actual scene, but just as often they contain more than a touch of fantasy. This capriccio may be based on reminiscences of the little town of Chioggia.
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- Credit line
- Samuel P. Avery Fund
- Provenance
- Probably given by the artist to John MacGowan (died 1780), Edinburgh [his stamp, Lugt 1496, verso, upper left, in black]; sold January 26, 1804, lot 118. Count Antoine von Seilern (1901-1978), London [Constable 1962]. David M. Koetser Gallery, Zurich, by 1942 [Constable 1962]; sold to the Art Institute, 1943.
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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