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: Ranelagh, Interior of the Rotunda vf oil


London: Ranelagh, Interior of the Rotunda vf
Painting ID::  5659
London: Ranelagh, Interior of the Rotunda vf
1754 Oil on canvas, 46 x 75,5 cm National Gallery, London
1754 Oil_on_canvas,_46_x_75,5_cm National_Gallery,_London
   
   
     

Canaletto Eton College Chapel f oil


Eton College Chapel f
Painting ID::  5660
Eton College Chapel f
c. 1754 Oil on canvas, 61,5 x 107,5 cm National Gallery, London
   
   
     

Canaletto Capriccio: River Landscape with a Column f oil


Capriccio: River Landscape with a Column f
Painting ID::  5661
Capriccio: River Landscape with a Column f
c. 1754 Oil on canvas, 132 x 104 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

Canaletto Old Walton Bridge ff oil


Old Walton Bridge ff
Painting ID::  5662
Old Walton Bridge ff
1754 Oil on canvas, 48,8 x 76,7 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
   
   
     

Canaletto Palazzo Ducale and the Piazza di San Marco oil


Palazzo Ducale and the Piazza di San Marco
Painting ID::  5663
Palazzo Ducale and the Piazza di San Marco
c. 1755 Oil on canvas, 51 x 83 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

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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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