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Canaletto

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Grey wash drawing of an imagined palace with an arched portico, columns and statues beside a lagoon with a sailing ship.

Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon

c. 1750-55

Pen and wash drawing of a medieval castle east front with a gatehouse, round tower, and small figures on grass.

Warwick Castle: The East Front

1752

Pencil and brown ink architectural sketch of an arched opening flanked by pilasters with a cornice above.

Architectural Sketches

c. 1720

Pen and brown ink sketch of a domed pavilion with a staircase, columns, and urns, attributed to Canaletto.

A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)

ca. 1727-29

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with boats, stone embankments, domed churches and a city skyline under a cloudy sky.

Padua: The River Bacchiglione and the Porta Portello

ca. 1750-60

Brown ink drawing of St Mark's Square in Venice with cloaked figures, the basilica's dome and a tall campanile.

Piazza San Marco from the Southwest Corner, with the Procuratie Nuove on the Right

ca. 1724-80

Pen and ink drawing of a basilica interior with arches, a dome, a cross, and figures along a choir screen.

Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir

ca. 1763-68

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo paneled interior with a seated man reading beside a fireplace and mirror.

A Venetian Interior, with a Young Man Seated by the Fire

after 1717

Pen and brown ink drawing of a receding Venetian-style street with palazzo facades, columns, market stalls and a rooftop stat

The Campo S. Basso: The North Side with the Church (recto); A Market Scene (verso)

about 1740

Pen and wash drawing of a canal with rowing boats, a domed church, a city gate and figures on a grassy bank under cloudy sky.

The Porta Portello with the Brenta Canal in Padua, 1740-1743

1740

Pen and grey wash drawing of a river with stone and timber bridges, boats, figures and a large tree on the bank.

Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

1755

Pale wash drawing of the Thames with boats, a tall obelisk on the right, and Westminster Abbey's towers in the distance.

The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

1746

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque colonnade framing a formal garden with statues, a gate, and strolling figures.

View through a Baroque Colonnade into a Garden, 1760-1768

1760

Grey wash drawing of Venice's Doge's Palace and tall columns with market vendors and pedestrians on the piazza.

The Riva degli Schiavoni Seen from the Market at the Pier

after 1755

Brown ink drawing of a standing man in a cap and long coat holding a pipe to his mouth.

Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)

1697-1768

Pen and brown ink drawing of an arched building, balcony with figures, tower with equestrian statue, and cypress trees.

Fanciful Landscape (Landscape with Villa Building and Equestrian Monument)

1697-1768

Ink and wash drawing of Venice's Piazza San Marco framed by an arch, with the campanile, domes, stalls and strolling figures.

Piazza San Marco, Venetië, gezien vanuit het zuidwesten

1755

Pen and wash drawing of a classical courtyard with columns, arcades, a central statue niche and small figures on the pavement

A Venetian Courtyard, in the Procuratie Nuove

c. 1760