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.  Related Paintings of Canaletto :. | Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice (detail) f | Campo S.Vidal and Santa Maria della Carita | L'abbazia di Westminster con la processione dei cavalieri dell'Ordine del Bagno (mk21) | Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio | San Giacomo di Rialto f |
Related Artists:
Christian Georg Schutz the Elder
painted Gebirgslandschaft in 1773
Juan de Zurbaran
Spanish Baroque Era Painter, 1620-1649
Edward Corbould
(b London, 5 Dec 1815; d London, 18 Jan 1905)