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 Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice (detail) d oil


Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice (detail) d
Painting ID::  5643 		Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice (detail) d
1740s Oil on canvas, 181 x 259,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
   
   
     
Canaletto Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings fg oil


Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings fg
Painting ID::  5644 		Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings fg
1740s Oil on canvas, 60 x 82 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
1740s Oil_on_canvas,_60_x_82_cm Galleria_Nazionale,_Parma
   
   
     
Canaletto Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza oil


Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza
Painting ID::  5645 		Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza
1740s Oil on canvas, 60,5 x 82 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
   
   
     
Canaletto London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor s Day oil


London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor s Day
Painting ID::  5646 		London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor s Day
1746 Oil on canvas, 96 x 137,5 cm Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
   
   
     
Canaletto London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge df oil


London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge df
Painting ID::  5647 		London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge df
1746-47 Oil on canvas, 57 x 95 cm Private collection
1746-47 Oil_on_canvas,_57_x_95_cm Private_collection
   
   
     
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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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