Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (1697-1768)'The house with the inscription' and 'The house with the peristyle'etchings, circa 1740-1741, the pair printed on one sheet, laid paper, with watermark of the letter R (Bromberg's no. 54), a good impression of each after the splitting of the plate, 'The house with the peristyle' with artist's initials lower right, full marginssheet: 438 x 589 mm.; platemarks c.300 x 217 mm., and 300 x 215 mm., respectively, (with 1-2mm central divide)Literature:De Vesme, Bromberg 13 and 14.IIFewer than ten impressions exist of the Imaginary View of Venice, Undivided Plate, prior to it being split in half (Bromberg specified only six known impressions), and the reason why the plate was split is still unknown; the most likely reason being economic requirements. It is also the only etching made by Canaletto where he inscribed the date of creation in the plate, 1741, which is visible in Roman numerals on the left wall.