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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- Looking South
1727, Royal Collection
Painting ID:: 18911
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The_Piazzetta-_Looking_South
1727, Royal Collection
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Alnwick Castle at Northumberland
1752, The Duke of Northumberland
Painting ID:: 18922
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Alnwick_Castle_at_Northumberland
1752, The Duke of Northumberland
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London- Westminster Abbey with a Procession of the Knights of the Bath
1749, Dean & Chapter of Westmister
Painting ID:: 18921
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London-_Westminster_Abbey_with_a_Procession_of_the_Knights_of_the_Bath
1749, Dean & Chapter of Westmister
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Capriccio- The Horses of San Marco in the Piazzetta
1743, Royal Collection.
Painting ID:: 18919
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Capriccio-_The_Horses_of_San_Marco_in_the_Piazzetta
1743, Royal Collection.
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Riva degli Schiavoni- Looking East
1730, Devonshire Collection Trustees, Chatsworth
Painting ID:: 18914
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Riva_degli_Schiavoni-_Looking_East
1730, Devonshire Collection Trustees, Chatsworth
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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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