Art, literature & history
View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb
c. 1740
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 30.2 x 30.2 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 31 x 31.2 cm (12 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2002.98.9
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Canaletto. View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb — Canaletto. c. 1740.
Medium: etching in black on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 30.2 x 30.2 cm (11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 31 x 31.2 cm (12 3/16 x 12 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2002.98.9. Gift of Jacob Kainen.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.