Evolution of an Idea

And some "scaraboti"

Drawings a little more refined and sometimes of an exaggerated precision in the details
(---> Camera Obscura?).

Some of them are "capricci" creations of his mind instead of being a repruduction of reality, and others are very detailed images that will probably be useful for the future paintings.

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Canaletto: Veduta ideata based on the Riverside Terrace of Old Montagu House - Sketch - Pen and ink

Canaletto: Veduta ideata based on the Riverside Terrace of Old Montagu House
Sketch - Pen and ink - size (HxW): 20x32.7 cm

Canaletto: Panoramic View of Houses and Gardens by a River, perhaps at Padua - Drawing - Pen and brown ink over red chalk - Fogg Art Museum

Canaletto: Panoramic View of Houses and Gardens by a River, perhaps at Padua
Drawing - Pen and brown ink over red chalk - Fogg Art Museum - size (HxW): 14.2x59.2 cm

Canaletto: Country Church on a knoll - Sketch - Brown ink over faint chalk lines - Schlossmuseum, Weimar

Canaletto: Ruins and a bridge by the Lagoon - Sketch - Brown ink over faint chalk lines - Schlossmuseum, Weimar

Canaletto: Lagoon landscape with a Cliff - Sketch - Brown ink over faint chalk lines - Schlossmuseum, Weimar

Canaletto: Architectural Capriccio - Drawing - - Schlossmuseum, Weimar

Canaletto: Landscape Capriccio - Sketch - Pen and bistre - Moravská Galerie, Brno

Canaletto: [1749] - London: The Old Horse Guards and The Banqueting Hall from Saint James's Park - Drawing - Pencil, brown ink and pencil on yellow paper - Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia

Canaletto: [ca. 1740] - The Campo San Basso - The North Side with the Church - Drawing - Pen and brown ink, over black chalk - The J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Canaletto: [ca. 1730] - The Grand Canal (Quaderno Cagnola, 16 recto) - Drawing - Pencil, pen and ink - Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia

Canaletto: [ca. 1740] - A View of Roofs - Drawing - Brown ink over red chalk on cream antique laid paper - Harvard Art Museums

Canaletto: The Clock Tower - Drawing - Pen in brown over preliminary drawing in gray pencil, traces of red chalk - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Canaletto: [ca. 1730] - Fabbriche di fronte alla Chiesa della Salute (Buildings in Front of Santa Maria della Salute) - Drawing - Pen, brown ink, and traces of black chalk on white paper - Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia

Canaletto: Houses at Campo di San Basso - Drawing - Pen and brown over preliminary drawing in gray pencil, a little red chalk on paper - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Canaletto: [ca. 1727-29] - A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon - Drawing - Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Canaletto: The South Pulpit in San Marco, Venice - Drawing - Pen and brown ink, over lead point or graphite, on laid paper - The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Canaletto: [ca. 1727-29] - The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South - Drawing - Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York