Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores: ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII
Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores is a 1751 set of engraved views of Venice after Antonio Canal, with Antonio Visentini credited as engraver and adapter, held by Heidelberg University Library. The plates present the city's canals, palazzi and churches as topographical prospects for a learned or collecting audience. The pictures are fine-line engravings with cross-hatched shadows and long perspective recessions along the Grand Canal, offering a designer clear models for architectural townscape composition, tonal shading in monochrome, and the layout of waterfront scenes with gondolas in the foreground.
