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Mestre, from Vedute
Canaletto (Italian, 1697-1768)
1735/44
- Medium
- Etching in black on ivory laid paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Image: 29.3 × 43 cm (11 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Plate: 30.2 × 43.5 cm (11 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Sheet: 43.4 × 58.6 cm (17 1/8 × 23 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Italy
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
As more Englishmen took the grand tour of Europe in the 18th century, Venice saw a huge influx in tourists. In order to meet the demand for the works of the popular Venetian artist Canaletto, the British consul to Venice, Joseph Smith, commissioned Vedute (Views), an album of etchings depicting Venetian landscapes. This print shows the landing place for boats plying between Mestre and Venice. Huddled by the river, this busy commercial center is shown populated with horse-drawn carriages and couples walking along the banks of the waterway.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
