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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 Miracle at the Well vd
1646-48
Oil on canvas, 216 x 149 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Painting ID:: 5694
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The_Miracle_at_the_Well_vd
1646-48
Oil on canvas, 216 x 149 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Noli me Tangere fdgd
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 141,5 x 109,5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID:: 5695
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Noli_me_Tangere_fdgd
c. 1640
Oil on canvas, 141,5 x 109,5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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St John the Evangelist on Pathmos df
1646-50
Oil on canvas, 218 x 153 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID:: 5696
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St_John_the_Evangelist_on_Pathmos_df
1646-50
Oil on canvas, 218 x 153 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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San Giacomo di Rialto
1725-30, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID:: 18909
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San_Giacomo_di_Rialto
1725-30, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Piazzetta
1727, Royal Collection
Painting ID:: 18910
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Entrance_to_the_Grand_Canal_from_the_Piazzetta
1727, Royal 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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