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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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London: the Old Horse Guards from St James s Park d
1749
Oil on canvas, 117 x 236 cm
Tate Gallery, London
Painting ID:: 5653
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London:_the_Old_Horse_Guards_from_St_James_s_Park_d
1749
Oil on canvas, 117 x 236 cm
Tate Gallery, London
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London: Westminster Abbey, with a Procession of Knights of the Bath f
1749
Oil on canvas, 99 x 101,5 cm
Westminster Abbey, London
Painting ID:: 5655
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London:_Westminster_Abbey,_with_a_Procession_of_Knights_of_the_Bath__f
1749
Oil on canvas, 99 x 101,5 cm
Westminster Abbey, London
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Warwick Castle: the East Front df
1752
Oil on canvas, 73 x 122 cm
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Painting ID:: 5656
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Warwick_Castle:_the_East_Front_df
1752
Oil on canvas, 73 x 122 cm
City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
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London: Northumberland House
1752
Oil on canvas, 84 x 137 cm
Private collection
Painting ID:: 5657
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London:_Northumberland_House
1752
Oil on canvas, 84 x 137 cm
Private collection
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London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames d
c. 1753
Oil on canvas, 66 x 112,5 cm
National Maritime Museum, London
Painting ID:: 5658
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London:_Greenwich_Hospital_from_the_North_Bank_of_the_Thames_d
c. 1753
Oil on canvas, 66 x 112,5 cm
National Maritime Museum, 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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