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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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La Punta della Dogana (Custom Point) dfg
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 46 x 62,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID:: 5582
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La_Punta_della_Dogana_(Custom_Point)_dfg
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 46 x 62,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Riva degli Schiavoni - west side dfg
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 46 x 62,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID:: 5583
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Riva_degli_Schiavoni_-_west_side_dfg
1726-28
Oil on canvas, 46 x 62,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Grand Canal: The Rialto Bridge from the South f
c. 1727
Oil on copper, 45,5 x 62,5 cm
Private collection
Painting ID:: 5584
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Grand_Canal:_The_Rialto_Bridge_from_the_South_f
c. 1727
Oil on copper, 45,5 x 62,5 cm
Private collection
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The Stonemason s Yard
1726-30
Oil on canvas, 124 x 163 cm
National Gallery, London
Painting ID:: 5585
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The_Stonemason_s_Yard
1726-30
Oil on canvas, 124 x 163 cm
National Gallery, London
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The Stonemason s Yard (detail)
1726-30
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London
Painting ID:: 5586
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The_Stonemason_s_Yard_(detail)
1726-30
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London
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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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