# Capriccio with Classical Ruins and Buildings

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CANALETTO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 62 x 74 cm

## Commentary

The painting shows a typically inventive view that highlights a taste for the depiction of ruins by mingling classical and Christian buildings. The painting met with a certain success and a number of copies were made.

## Related artworks

- [A Regatta on the Grand Canal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/a-regatta-on-the-grand-canal-r23e07406cc10d3>)
- [Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/arrival-of-the-french-ambassador-in-venice-detail-r84ddd4d08364fa>)
- [Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/arrival-of-the-french-ambassador-in-venice-detail-raff03807939e93>)
- [Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/arrival-of-the-french-ambassador-in-venice-r7803d5187f551a>)
- [Bacino di San Marco \(St Mark&#39;s Basin\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/bacino-di-san-marco-st-marks-basin-r255cf539d3235c>)
- [Campo San Rocco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/campo-san-rocco-r886d64c8efb3ed>)
- [Campo Santa Maria Formosa](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/campo-santa-maria-formosa-r1cdaa22f2803ce>)
- [Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/capriccio-a-palladian-design-for-the-rialto-bridge-with-buildings-at-vicenza-r6b52b5615aaf9d>)
- [Capriccio of a Bridge Leading to a Fortress by the Venetian Lagoon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/capriccio-of-a-bridge-leading-to-a-fortress-by-the-venetian-lagoon-r1d283306277573>)
- [Capriccio: River Landscape with a Column](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/capriccio-river-landscape-with-a-column-rf1ee43bec41b20>)
- [Capriccio: Ruins and Classic Buildings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/capriccio-ruins-and-classic-buildings-rfdf3f53332bedc>)
- [Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/canaletto-re13394459fce6d/capriccio-the-grand-canal-with-an-imaginary-rialto-bridge-and-other-buildings-r31ef76b426063d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)