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View of Venice [upper left block]

Jacopo de' Barbari

1500

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Cityscape

Dominant colour

View of Venice [upper left block] is a 1500 ink by Jacopo de' Barbari, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacopo de' Barbari
When & what style?: 1500 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This image shows a detailed black-and-white drawing of Venice. You can see buildings packed tightly along canals, with bridges crossing the water. The top has labels like *Corvus* and *Circus*, and the left side shows clouds over the city. The artist used a method called woodcut, where the design is carved into wood and then inked. This was a common way to make prints before photography. Look up woodcut to see how it works.