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 Rio dei Mendicanti (detail) s oil


Rio dei Mendicanti (detail) s
Painting ID::  5561 		Rio dei Mendicanti (detail) s
1723-24 Oil on canvas Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     
Canaletto The Rio dei Mendicanti (detail) oil


The Rio dei Mendicanti (detail)
Painting ID::  5562 		The Rio dei Mendicanti (detail)
1723-24 Oil on canvas Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     
Canaletto Grand Canal, Looking Northeast from Palazo Balbi toward the Rialto Bridge oil


Grand Canal, Looking Northeast from Palazo Balbi toward the Rialto Bridge
Painting ID::  5563 		Grand Canal, Looking Northeast from Palazo Balbi toward the Rialto Bridge
1723-24 Oil on canvas, 144 x 207 cm Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     
Canaletto Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio oil


Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio
Painting ID::  5564 		Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio
1723-24 Oil on canvas, 140,5 x 204,5 cm Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, Madrid
   
   
     
Canaletto Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio (detail) fd oil


Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio (detail) fd
Painting ID::  5565 		Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio (detail) fd
1723-24 Oil on canvas Thyssen Bornemisza Collection, Madrid
   
   
     
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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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