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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:: 52348
The Horses of San Marco in the Piazzetta
1743 Oil on canvas, 108 x 129,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 52349
the Old Horse Guards from St James-s Park
1749 Oil on canvas, 117 x 236 cm
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Painting ID:: 52350
Grand Canal: Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia to the Rialto Bridge
1760 Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 38 cm
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Painting ID:: 53843
Stenhuggarverkstaden
mk234
late 1720's
125x163cm
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Painting ID:: 56110
the stonemason s yard
mk247
1727 to 28 ,oil on canvas,48.75x64.125 in,124x163 cm,national gallery,london,uk
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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: | Achille-Etna Michallon | Olivier, Johann Heinrich Ferdinand | Barocci, Federico | Antonio Canova | Margaret Collyer |
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