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Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso)

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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

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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.