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 San Marco: the Interior f oil


San Marco: the Interior f
Painting ID::  5664
San Marco: the Interior f
c. 1755 Oil on canvas, 36,5 x 33,5 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
   
   
     

Canaletto Piazza San Marco: Looking East from the North-West Corner f oil


Piazza San Marco: Looking East from the North-West Corner f
Painting ID::  5665
Piazza San Marco: Looking East from the North-West Corner f
c. 1760 Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 38 cm National Gallery, London
   
   
     

Canaletto La Vigilia di Santa Marta f oil


La Vigilia di Santa Marta f
Painting ID::  5666
La Vigilia di Santa Marta f
c. 1760 Oil on canvas, 119 x 187 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

Canaletto Perspective fg oil


Perspective fg
Painting ID::  5667
Perspective fg
1765 Oil on canvas, 131 x 93 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
   
   
     

Canaletto Scala dei Giganti f oil


Scala dei Giganti f
Painting ID::  5668
Scala dei Giganti f
1765 Oil on canvas, 42 x 29 cm Private collection
1765 Oil_on_canvas,_42_x_29_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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