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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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Painting ID:: 5587
The Grand Canal from Campo S. Vio towards the Bacino fdg
1729-34
Oil on canvas, 46 x 77,5 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
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Painting ID:: 5588
View of San Giovanni dei Battuti at Murano d
1725-28
Oil on canvas, 66 x 127,5 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
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Painting ID:: 5589
The Molo: Looking West sf
1730
Oil on canvas, 55 x 102 cm
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 5590
The Molo: Looking West (detail) dg
1730
Oil on canvas
Private collection
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Painting ID:: 5591
Riva degli Schiavoni: Looking East df
1730
Oil on canvas, 58,4 x 101,6 cm
Private collection
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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.
. Related Artists to Canaletto: | Charles Dixon | Bernhard Gutmann | Julius von Blaas | Neufchatel, Nicolas de | Jan van Haensbergen |
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