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Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars [left]
c. 1735/1746
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 14.4 x 21.1 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.) sheet: 46 x 61.8 cm (18 1/8 x 24 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.64.154.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Canaletto. Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars [left]. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars [left] — Canaletto. c. 1735/1746.
Medium: etching on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 14.4 x 21.1 cm (5 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.) sheet: 46 x 61.8 cm (18 1/8 x 24 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.64.154.a. Paul Mellon Collection.
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.