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Etching of a city with ruined houses, a central dome, and a seated man on a broken wall at right under a cloudy sky.

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

An etching of a city scene with crumbling houses and terraces at left, a large dome rising at center, and a seated figure on a broken wall at right. Small figures move among rubble in the foreground beneath a cloudy sky, with fine hatched lines modeling light and shadow.

Artist
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Date
1741
Medium
Etching; undivided plate, only state
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3909 × 2731 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1741).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of Mary V.T. Eberstadt and Bequest of Gertrude Moira Flanagan, by exchange, 1973

Español: Vista imaginaria de Venecia con casas y terrazas

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Português: Vista imaginária de Veneza, casas e figuras em terraços

Gravura em água-forte de uma cena urbana com casas em ruínas e terraços à esquerda, uma grande cúpula erguendo-se ao centro e uma figura sentada sobre um muro partido à direita. Pequenas figuras circulam entre escombros no primeiro plano sob um céu nublado, com linhas finas e cruzadas que modelam luz e sombra.

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