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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with a Woman at a Well [lower left] is a 1740 ink by Canaletto, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a busy harbor scene with ships, cranes, and people moving around docks. The water is rough, and the buildings along the shore are packed close together. A small woman at a well stands alone near the left side, with a tree behind her. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to capture the chaos of the port, almost like a hurried drawing. This style was common in the 1700s for capturing real-life scenes fast. Next, check out how etching works to see how artists like Canaletto made these detailed prints.
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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