The Little Monument

Antonio Canaletto

1697–1768

The Little Monument, circa 1740

Where object was made: Italy

Material/technique: etching

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 115 x 83 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 119 x 85 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 140 x 102 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 4 11/16 x 3 3/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 11 in

Credit line: Gift from the Edward A. and Inge Maser Collection

Accession number: 2008.0259

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Exhibition Label:
"Venus Observed," Dec-1980, Elizabeth Broun and Yolanda de Estrada
After etching a large plate showing an expansive imaginary vista, Canaletto cut the plate into three similar sections, slicing directly through the ruined Gothic tomb. The right hand portion of the tomb appears in "A Bishop's Tomb with a View of a Town." Before his time it was a common practice to trim one or more edges of a plate for the sake of the composition, but such radical segmentation of a single plate is Canaletto's innovation.