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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:: 33743
Venice:The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day
mk86
c.1735-1741
Oil on canvas
121.9x182.8cm
London,National Gallery
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Painting ID:: 33791
The Courtyard of the Castle of Warwick
mk86
1751
Oil on canvas
75x122cm
Warwick
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Painting ID:: 33792
Regatta on the Canale Grande
mk86
after 1735
Oil on canvas
117x186cm
Oil on canvas
117x186cm
London,National Gallery
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Painting ID:: 33793
Venice:Campo San Vital and Santa Maria della Carita
mk86
c.1726/27
Oil on canvas
123.8c162.9cm
London,National Gallery
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Painting ID:: 37855
Marine painting
mk129
Oil on canvas
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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: | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Jan Jansz. Treck | Walter Moras | Barthelemy Menn |
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