The Terrace

Artist Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (Italian (Venetian), 1697 - 1768)

Datemid-18th century

MediumEtching

DimensionsPlate: 5 13/16 × 8 7/16 inches (14.76 × 21.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert B. Fizzell

Object number57-115/19

Edition/State/Prooffirst state

On View

Not on view

Collections

Prints

Terms

Exhibition History

Architecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, no. 25, as The Terrace (second of two states), after 1741.

Gallery Label

The location of this Venetian view has not been identified, but it has an intimate charm and is just the sort of scene one comes across wandering about Venice today. Note the tower on the upper left topped with scaffolding, erected for drying clothes.

Provenance

Robert B. Fizzell (1889-1978), Kansas City, MO, by December 14, 1957;

Given by Robert B. Fizzell to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1957.

Published References

Architecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, p. 4, as The Terrace (second of two states), after 1741.

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