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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 Cristoforo
San Michele & Murano- From Fondamenta Nuova, 1725-30, Dallas Museum of Art
Painting ID:: 5699
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San_Cristoforo
San Michele & Murano- From Fondamenta Nuova, 1725-30, Dallas Museum of Art
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An Allegorical Painting the Tomb of Lord Somers
1722-29, Viscount Windsor
Painting ID:: 5700
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An_Allegorical_Painting_the_Tomb_of_Lord_Somers
1722-29, Viscount Windsor
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The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day
1732, Royal Collection
Painting ID:: 18915
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The_Basin_of_San_Marco_on_Ascension_Day
1732, Royal Collection
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Piazza San Marco- Looking North
1729, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Painting ID:: 18913
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Piazza_San_Marco-_Looking_North
1729, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
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The Stonemason's Yard
1728, The National Gallery at London.
Painting ID:: 18912
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The_Stonemason's_Yard
1728, The National Gallery at 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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