The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 20, 2026

A horizontally oriented woodcut in black ink depicts a vast lagoon beneath jagged, distant mountains. Fine, rippled lines represent the water, dotted with small boats and clusters of buildings labeled TORCELLO, BVRAN, and MAZORBO. On our right, a large cloud contains the head of a bearded man with light skin tone, labeled AQVILO and VLTURNVS. Beside the letter G, he blows straight lines of air toward our left.

View of Venice

1500

Jacopo de' Barbari

(Italian, c. 1460/70–c. 1516)
Italy, early 16th Century
woodcut
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.565.3
Catalogue raisonné: Kristeller 33c
Location: Not on view
  • Prince Liechtenstein
  • Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 349
  • Grand Scale: Oversize and Composite Prints from the Age of Titian and Dürer. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (January 31-April 26, 2009).
    Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (June 18-September 17, 2006).
    Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
  • {{cite web|title=View of Venice|url=false|author=Jacopo de' Barbari|year=1500|access-date=20 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.565.3