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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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The Piazzetta to the South f
1720s
Drawing
Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID:: 5669
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The_Piazzetta_to_the_South_f
1720s
Drawing
Royal Collection, Windsor
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The Grand Canal Seen from Rialto toward the North ff
1725
Pen and brown ink on paper
Private collection
Painting ID:: 5670
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The_Grand_Canal_Seen_from_Rialto_toward_the_North_ff
1725
Pen and brown ink on paper
Private collection
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The Grand Canal near the Ponte del Rialto f
c. 1725
Pen and brown ink with red and black chalk on paper
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Painting ID:: 5671
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The_Grand_Canal_near_the_Ponte_del_Rialto_f
c. 1725
Pen and brown ink with red and black chalk on paper
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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The Piazzetta Looking towards S. Maria della Salute ff
1725-30
Pen and ink over pencil, 233 x 182 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID:: 5672
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The_Piazzetta_Looking_towards_S._Maria_della_Salute_ff
1725-30
Pen and ink over pencil, 233 x 182 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor
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The Piazzetta Looking towards the Torre dell Orologio
1725-30
Pen and ink over pencil, 234 x 180 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID:: 5673
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The_Piazzetta_Looking_towards_the_Torre_dell_Orologio
1725-30
Pen and ink over pencil, 234 x 180 mm
Royal Collection, Windsor
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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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