Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge, Venice (1744 engraving)

A hand-colored engraving of the Grand Canal in Venice, with the arched Rialto Bridge spanning the water at left center. Gondolas and boats crowd the canal, and well-dressed figures stroll along the quay in the foreground beside tall palazzo facades under a pale sky.

Artist

Johann Sebastian Müller

Date

1744

Medium

Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3075 × 2364 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum