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 Grand Canal: from Santa Maria della Carit to the Bacino di San Marco d oil


Grand Canal: from Santa Maria della Carit to the Bacino di San Marco d
Painting ID::  5603 		Grand Canal: from Santa Maria della Carit to the Bacino di San Marco d
1730-33 Oil on canvas, 47,9 x 80 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
   
   
     
Canaletto A Regatta on the Grand Canal d oil


A Regatta on the Grand Canal d
Painting ID::  5604 		A Regatta on the Grand Canal d
c. 1732 Oil on canvas, 77 x 126 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
   
   
     
Canaletto Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day d oil


Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day d
Painting ID::  5605 		Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day d
c. 1732 Oil on canvas, 77 x 126 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
   
   
     
Canaletto Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) fd oil


Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) fd
Painting ID::  5606 		Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) fd
c. 1732 Oil on canvas Royal Collection, Windsor
c._1732 Oil_on_canvas Royal_Collection,_Windsor
   
   
     
Canaletto Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) d oil


Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) d
Painting ID::  5607 		Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) d
c. 1732 Oil on canvas Royal Collection, Windsor
c._1732 Oil_on_canvas Royal_Collection,_Windsor
   
   
     
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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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