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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 Adelphi,London,under construcion,with York Water Tower and the River Thames towards Westminster
mk129
1771-1772
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 37882
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The_Adelphi,London,under_construcion,with_York_Water_Tower_and_the_River_Thames_towards_Westminster
mk129
1771-1772
Oil on canvas
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Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames
mk129
Oil on canvas
Greenwich Hospital was a home for old and disabled seamen founded by William and Mary in 1694 to designs by Webb,Wren,Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh.
Painting ID:: 37883
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Greenwich_Hospital_from_the_North_Bank_of_the_Thames
mk129
Oil on canvas
Greenwich Hospital was a home for old and disabled seamen founded by William and Mary in 1694 to designs by Webb,Wren,Hawksmoor and Vanbrugh.
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Landscape
mk129
Oil on canvas
Painting ID:: 37884
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Landscape
mk129
Oil on canvas
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Campo S.Vidal and Santa Maria della Carita
mk156
1727-28
Oil on panel
123.8x162.9cm
Painting ID:: 40534
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Campo_S.Vidal_and_Santa_Maria_della_Carita
mk156
1727-28
Oil on panel
123.8x162.9cm
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The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day
mk156
1732
Oil on canvas
182x259cm
Painting ID:: 40545
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The_Bucintoro_at_the_Molo_on_Ascension_Day
mk156
1732
Oil on canvas
182x259cm
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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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