print
- Museum number
- 1925,0422.2.58
- Title
- Series: Original Designs in his Majesty's Collection
- Description
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A capriccio showing the ruins of a church arcade, including a statue of the Virgin and Child to the extreme left; in the foreground a man with a dog sits with his back against a sarcophagus; in the centre stands a second decorated sarcophagus with an effigy on top; to the right is a small pavilion; with a view of the sea and the town houses across the water behind; after Canaletto. 1811
Etching with aquatint; printed in grey ink
- Production date
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1811
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1812 (publication date of volume)
- Dimensions
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Height: 298 millimetres
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Width: 360 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See comment 1925,0422.2.1
The drawing by Canaletto is in the Royal Collection, Windsor, inv. 907528.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Original Designs of the Most Celebrated Masters of the Bolognese, Roman, Florentine and Venetian Schools
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1925,0422.2.58