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Canaletto

The Little Monument, from Vedute

1735/44
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
11.2 × 8.3 cm (4.4 × 3.3 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 1922.1381.12). 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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