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The House with the Inscription [left]
1741
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- plate: 30 × 21.8 cm (11 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 37.5 × 21.8 cm (14 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1941.1.182.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Canaletto. The House with the Inscription [left]. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The House with the Inscription [left] — Canaletto. 1741.
Medium: etching.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 30 × 21.8 cm (11 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 37.5 × 21.8 cm (14 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1941.1.182.a. Gift of W.G. Russell Allen.
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.