# 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), in Canaletto

Canaletto made this in 1741, aged 44. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1741
- Medium: Etching; undivided plate, only state
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 11 13/16 × 17 3/16 in. (30 × 43.7 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973.634
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Canaletto](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/canaletto), Italian, 1697–1768

Canaletto, the son of a Venetian painter of theatre scenery, turned in the 1720s to painting views of his native city and became its leading vedutista. British travellers on the Grand Tour were his most eager patrons, many through the merchant and consul Joseph Smith.

6 works in the collection.

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