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The Wagon Passing over a Bridge, from Vedute

A work made of etching in black on ivory laid paper.

The Wagon Passing over a Bridge, from Vedute

Giovanni Antonio Canal · 1735/44

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Palette

Pale stone
49% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Oyster
26% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1

Stone
11% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.5:1

Warm grey
10% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.6:1

Taupe
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.0:1

Iron
1% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Giovanni Antonio Canal
Italian, 1697-1768
Date: 1735/44
Type: Print
Medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Size: Image: 14.1 × 12.7 cm (5 9/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 12.9 cm (5 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 58.7 cm (17 1/16 × 23 1/8 in.)
Place: Italy
Period: 18th century
Themes: Cities and streets
Main colour: Grey · lightness 72, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules