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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:: 71715
Platz vor San Giacomo di Rialto in Venedig.
Oil on canvas
2nd third of 18th century
Deutsch: 95,5 x 117 cm
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Painting ID:: 75072
The Reception of the French Ambassador Jacques Vincent Languet, Compte de Gergy at the Doge Palace
ca. 1727(1727)
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 89640
Der Laubengang
second half of 18th century
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 89804
La Piazzetta
c. 1730-1750
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 92177
Veduta del Canale Grande in Richtung auf den Hafen von San Marco
2nd third of 18th century
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 53 X 70 cm
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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: | Therese Schwartze | Zdenka Braunerova | paulus potter | Pietro della Vecchia | Theophanes the Cretan |
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