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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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Capriccio-River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined Roman Arch and Reminiscences of England
1754
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Painting ID:: 306
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Capriccio-River_Landscape_with_a_Column,_a_Ruined_Roman_Arch_and_Reminiscences_of_England
1754
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Westminster Abbey with a Procession of the Knights of Bath
1749
Dean & Chapter of Westminster
Painting ID:: 307
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Westminster_Abbey_with_a_Procession_of_the_Knights_of_Bath
1749
Dean & Chapter of Westminster
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Warwick Castle, The East Front
1748-49
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Painting ID:: 308
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Warwick_Castle,_The_East_Front
1748-49
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
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Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
1752
The Duke of Northumberland
Painting ID:: 309
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Alnwick_Castle,_Northumberland
1752
The Duke of Northumberland
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Rio dei Mendicanti
1723-24
Oil on canvas, 143 x 200 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Painting ID:: 5560
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Rio_dei_Mendicanti
1723-24
Oil on canvas, 143 x 200 cm
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
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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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