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Canaletto

The Wagon Passing over a Bridge, from Vedute

1735/44
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
14.1 × 12.7 cm (5.6 × 5 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Unlike painting, printmaking allowed Canaletto to separate and combine images at his own discretion. He etched the outer two vignettes on a single plate before cutting it in two (for the other half, see 1922.1381.10). Then he reversed their order and positioned a third, unrelated segment between them (1922.1381.11).. Besides reusing fragments of larger plates, these mysterious composite prints appear to have little in common beyond the archways and statues they contain.

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