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The image features a canal scene with a focus on an arch bridge across the water. The perspective is from the canal's edge, facing the bridge. There are figures on the bridge and moored boats near the viewer. The artwork is done with fine, detailed brushstrokes resembling an etching style. The colors are sepia tones, and the background shows city structures.

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The Rialto, Venice

Frank Duveneck (American, 1848 - 1919)

1883

Medium: etching in black on laid paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 26.35 × 44.45 cm (10 3/8 × 17 1/2 in.) ; plate: 28.58 × 49.85 cm (11 1/4 × 19 5/8 in.) ; sheet: 37.47 × 58.1 cm (14 3/4 × 22 7/8 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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