Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768)
A Capriccio View with Ruins c.1742-44
RCIN 405079
This composition combines imaginary and real architecture in a picturesque setting. Both this painting and its pair, on display at the other end of the wall, show a great debt to Marco Ricci’s capriccio paintings, which Canaletto would have been able to study in Smith’s collection.
