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Details of gondola on a Venice canal
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CANALETTO (VENICE 1697-VENICE 1768)

A house and fountain adjoining a ruined arch

c.1740-60

RCIN 907530

The drawing shows a rustic cottage and a well, with a ladder leaning against a wall and a woman collecting water. Capricci were often admired for showing the ruins of the glorious past as an unremarked backdrop to mundane life, imbuing the works with subtle messages about earthly transience.

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