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 The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute df oil


The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute df
Painting ID::  5592
The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute df
1730 Oil on canvas, 49,5 x 72,5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
   
   
     

Canaletto The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute (detail) ffg oil


The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute (detail) ffg
Painting ID::  5593
The Grand Canal and the Church of the Salute (detail) ffg
1730 Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1730 Oil_on_canvas Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston
   
   
     

Canaletto Piazza San Marco with the Basilica fg oil


Piazza San Marco with the Basilica fg
Painting ID::  5594
Piazza San Marco with the Basilica fg
c. 1730 Oil on canvas, 76 x 114,5 cm Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge
   
   
     

Canaletto Piazza San Marco f oil


Piazza San Marco f
Painting ID::  5595
Piazza San Marco f
c. 1730 Oil on canvas, 68,6 x 112,4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     

Canaletto View of the Ducal Palace f oil


View of the Ducal Palace f
Painting ID::  5597
View of the Ducal Palace f
c. 1730 Oil on canvas El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso
c._1730 Oil_on_canvas El_Paso_Museum_of_Art,_El_Paso
   
   
     

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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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