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 London: the Old Horse Guards from St James s Park d oil


London: the Old Horse Guards from St James s Park d
Painting ID::  5653 		London: the Old Horse Guards from St James s Park d
1749 Oil on canvas, 117 x 236 cm Tate Gallery, London
1749 Oil_on_canvas,_117_x_236_cm Tate_Gallery,_London
   
   
     
Canaletto London: Westminster Abbey, with a Procession of Knights of the Bath f oil


London: Westminster Abbey, with a Procession of Knights of the Bath f
Painting ID::  5655 		London: Westminster Abbey, with a Procession of Knights of the Bath f
1749 Oil on canvas, 99 x 101,5 cm Westminster Abbey, London
   
   
     
Canaletto Warwick Castle: the East Front df oil


Warwick Castle: the East Front df
Painting ID::  5656 		Warwick Castle: the East Front df
1752 Oil on canvas, 73 x 122 cm City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
   
   
     
Canaletto London: Northumberland House oil


London: Northumberland House
Painting ID::  5657 		London: Northumberland House
1752 Oil on canvas, 84 x 137 cm Private collection
1752 Oil_on_canvas,_84_x_137_cm Private_collection
   
   
     
Canaletto London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames d oil


London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames d
Painting ID::  5658 		London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames d
c. 1753 Oil on canvas, 66 x 112,5 cm National Maritime Museum, London
   
   
     
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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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