Architectural Sketches

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Artist: Canaletto / Italian, 1697-1768
Date: c. 1720
Medium: Black chalk and pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on cream card
Dimensions: 14.1 × 19.3 cm (5 9/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Worcester Sketch Fund
Accession no.: 1976.424V

Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon
Antonio Canaletto
c. 1750–55 · Drawing
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00000300
Capriccio: A Street Crossed by Arches (recto) Sketches of Doorway, Staircase and Second Floor of Building (verso)
Antonio Canaletto
c. 1720 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004784
Capriccio: A Ruined Classical Temple
Antonio Canaletto
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004905
Architectural Sketches
Antonio Canaletto
1740/50 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00004906

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.