Canaletto

Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1697-1768 Italian painter, etcher and draughtsman. He was the most distinguished Italian view painter of the 18th century. Apart from ten years spent in England he lived in Venice, and his fame rests above all on his views (vedute) of that city; some of these are purely topographical, others include festivals or ceremonial events. He also painted imaginary views (capriccios), although the demarcation between the real and the invented is never quite clearcut: his imaginary views often include realistically depicted elements, though in unexpected surroundings, and in a sense even his Venetian vedute are imaginary. He never merely re-created reality. He was highly successful with the English, helped in this by the British connoisseur JOSEPH SMITH, whose own large collection of Canaletto works was sold to King George III in 1762. The British Royal Collection has the largest group of his paintings and drawings.


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Canaletto Capriccio-River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined Roman Arch and Reminiscences of England oil


Capriccio-River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined Roman Arch and Reminiscences of England
Painting ID::  306
Capriccio-River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined Roman Arch and Reminiscences of England
1754 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1754_ National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington_DC
   
   
     

Canaletto Westminster Abbey with a Procession of the Knights of Bath oil


Westminster Abbey with a Procession of the Knights of Bath
Painting ID::  307
Westminster Abbey with a Procession of the Knights of Bath
1749 Dean & Chapter of Westminster
1749_ Dean_&_Chapter_of_Westminster
   
   
     

Canaletto Warwick Castle, The East Front oil


Warwick Castle, The East Front
Painting ID::  308
Warwick Castle, The East Front
1748-49 Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
1748-49_ Birmingham_City_Museum_and_Art_Gallery
   
   
     

Canaletto Alnwick Castle, Northumberland oil


Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Painting ID::  309
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
1752 The Duke of Northumberland
1752_ The_Duke_of_Northumberland
   
   
     

Canaletto Rio dei Mendicanti oil


Rio dei Mendicanti
Painting ID::  5560
Rio dei Mendicanti
1723-24 Oil on canvas, 143 x 200 cm Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     

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     Italian Rococo Era Painter, 1697-1768 Italian painter, etcher and draughtsman. He was the most distinguished Italian view painter of the 18th century. Apart from ten years spent in England he lived in Venice, and his fame rests above all on his views (vedute) of that city; some of these are purely topographical, others include festivals or ceremonial events. He also painted imaginary views (capriccios), although the demarcation between the real and the invented is never quite clearcut: his imaginary views often include realistically depicted elements, though in unexpected surroundings, and in a sense even his Venetian vedute are imaginary. He never merely re-created reality. He was highly successful with the English, helped in this by the British connoisseur JOSEPH SMITH, whose own large collection of Canaletto works was sold to King George III in 1762. The British Royal Collection has the largest group of his paintings and drawings.

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