Capriccio: A Ruined Classical Temple
Catalogue
- Year
- 1740
- Medium
- Pen and brush and brown ink, and brush and gray wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 29.2 × 20.7 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Canaletto
Artist
Painting
Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
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- Canaletto
- Year
- 1740
- Medium
- Pen and brush and brown ink, and brush and gray wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 29.2 × 20.7 cm (11 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1740-117341
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified