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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 Feast Day of St Roch
mk156
c.1735
Oil on canvas
147x199cm
Painting ID:: 40552
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The_Feast_Day_of_St_Roch
mk156
c.1735
Oil on canvas
147x199cm
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View from the Right Bank of the Elbe
mk156
1747
Oil on canvas
133x237cm
Painting ID:: 40564
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View_from_the_Right_Bank_of_the_Elbe
mk156
1747
Oil on canvas
133x237cm
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The Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice
mk159
1730s
Oil on canvas
181x259.5cm
Painting ID:: 41057
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The_Arrival_of_the_French_Ambassador_in_Venice
mk159
1730s
Oil on canvas
181x259.5cm
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Rio dei Mendicanti
mk157
1723
Collezion M.Crespo.Milan
Painting ID:: 41177
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Rio_dei_Mendicanti
mk157
1723
Collezion M.Crespo.Milan
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The Molo seen against the zecca
mk157
before 1740
Civiche Raccolte d-Arte Antica Castello Sforzesco
Milan
Painting ID:: 41178
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The_Molo_seen_against_the_zecca
mk157
before 1740
Civiche Raccolte d-Arte Antica Castello Sforzesco
Milan
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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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