Accession Number
2008/2.371

Title
La Char Passant Sur Un Pont (The Wagon Passing over a Bridge)

Artist(s)
Canaletto

Object Creation Date
1741-1744

Medium & Support
etching on cream laid paper

Dimensions
10 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. ( 26.67 cm x 24.77 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.

Label copy
Recent Acquisitions: Curators Choice Part I, November 12, 2011-March 18, 2012
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Italy, active 1697–1768
La Char passant sur un pont
circa 1741–44
Etching on cream laid paper
Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr., 2008/2.371

Physical Description
Print offset to left on paper; possibly cut. Paper size: lh 23 1/2cm & rh 23 3/5cm x tw 19 1/10cm & bw 19 1/5cm. Plate size: lh 14 2/5cm & rh 14 1/2cm x tw 12 4/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm. Image size: h 14 1/10cm x tw 12 3/5cm & bw 12 1/2cm.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
intaglio print

Additional Object Classification(s)
Print

Rights
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Keywords
carts
etching (printing process)
footbridges
natural landscapes