1740
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with a Woman at a Well is a 1740 ink by Canaletto, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy scene by water. A woman stands near a well, drawing water while a few people gather around. Behind her, buildings and ships crowd the shore, and a church tower rises in the distance. Trees line the left side, and the water ripples with small waves. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to pack in lots of detail—like the folds in the woman’s clothes or the rigging on the ships. It’s all drawn with ink, not paint, which makes the lines look scratchy and alive. Try looking up etching to see how this technique works.
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: ), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
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