Ascension Day Festival at Venice
Canaletto · 1765/1766 · pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, tip of the brush with black wash, heightened with a few touches of white gouache (laid on thick eighteenth-century paper)
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About this picture
Ascension Day Festival at Venice is a public-domain drawing by Canaletto, dated 1765/1766. Pen and brown ink with gray wash over traces of graphite, tip of the brush with black wash, heightened with a few touches of white gouache (laid on thick eighteenth-century paper). The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Ascension Day Festival at Venice” (1765/1766) is a view picture in Canaletto’s manner: a place you are meant to recognize, drawn with a ruler’s care.
About the artist
Canaletto, Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697–1768), painted precise views of Venice for visitors. The streets and canals are carefully placed. The light is arranged.
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