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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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San Giacomo di Rialto f
1725-26
Oil on canvas, 95,5 x 117 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID:: 5577
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San_Giacomo_di_Rialto_f
1725-26
Oil on canvas, 95,5 x 117 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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San Giacomo di Rialto (detail) kkj
1725-26
Oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID:: 5578
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San_Giacomo_di_Rialto_(detail)_kkj
1725-26
Oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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Venice: The Piazzetta Looking South-west towards S. Maria della Salute sdfg
1725-30
Oil on canvas, 172,1 x 136,2 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID:: 5579
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Venice:_The_Piazzetta_Looking_South-west_towards_S._Maria_della_Salute_sdfg
1725-30
Oil on canvas, 172,1 x 136,2 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
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The Piazzetta, Looking toward the Clock Tower df
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 172 x 135 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID:: 5580
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The_Piazzetta,_Looking_toward_the_Clock_Tower_df
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 172 x 135 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
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The Grand Canal near Santa Maria della Carita fgh
1726
Oil on canvas, 90 x 131,5 cm
Private collection
Painting ID:: 5581
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The_Grand_Canal_near_Santa_Maria_della_Carita_fgh
1726
Oil on canvas, 90 x 131,5 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.
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