Canaletto
Landscape with Five Bridges

ArtistItalian (Venetian), 1697–1768
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Landscape with Five Bridges
  • from the series Vedute, Altre Prese da I Luoghi, Altre Ideate (Views, Some Representing Actual Sites, Others Imaginary)
Datec. 1735 – 1746
PlaceVenice, Italy
MediumEtching on laid paper, state IIb/II
DimensionsPlate: 5 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (14.3 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/16 in. (14.5 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of George Bunker
Object number81.158
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Bunker, Houston, by 1981; given to MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition History"Landscape Imagery in Works on Paper," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 24—September 19, 2004.

"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink, below image, lower center: A. Canal. f
Recto: Signed in ink, below image, lower center: A. Canal. f
Catalogue raisonnéBromberg 22 IIb/II

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