Canaletto
Master of precise Venetian cityscapes
Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or vedute, of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut. He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph "Consul" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto’s works was sold to King George III in 1762.
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Master student
- Luca Carlevarijs Master
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Artworks by this artist (109 total)
- Le Grand Canal, vu du pont du Rialto 1725
- Warwick Castle 1748 to 1749
- View of a Town with a Bishop’s Tomb 18th century
- Vienna Viewed from the Belvedere Palace
- Bacino di S. Marco- From the Piazzetta
- View of the Piazzetta San Marco Looking South 1735
- The Square of Saint Mark’s,Venice 1742-1744
- The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South-East from San Stae to the Fabbriche Nuove di Rialto
- Saint Mark’s Square, Venice c.1756
- View of the Neumarkt in Dresden from the Jüdenhofe 1749
- Venice, the Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore c. 1735 - 1744
- The Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge, Venice 1728-1732
- The Piazza San Marco, Venice, looking east towards the basilica
- The Campo S. Basso; The North Side with the Church 1740
- A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon
- The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate
- Venice, A View Of The Piazzetta Looking North
- View of Dolo, A Town on the Brenta, West of Venice 1735-1746
- Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day
- Vienna, Dominican Church