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 :. | Bacino di San Marco (St Mark s Basin) | View of the Ducal Palace in Venice | Festa notturna alla chiesa di S.Pietro di Castello (mk21) | View of San Giovanni dei Battuti at Murano d | Panorama di Londra attraverso un arcata del ponte di Westminster (mk21) |
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Charles Warren Eaton
painted The Stump Lot in 1857 - 1937
Georg Caspar Prenner
painted The children of Count Vorontsov in 1755
Johann Heinrich Roos
German Baroque Era Painter, 1631-1685 was a German Baroque era painter and etcher. His works are presented in various art museums worldwide.