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 :. | San Marco: the Interior f | The Piazzetta Looking towards S. Maria della Salute ff | Grand Canal: Looking North-East toward the Rialto Bridge (detail) d | Capriccio: The Ponte della Pescaria and Buildings on the Quay d | Warwick Castle- The East Front | Related Artists: Bryson Burroughs 1869-1934 Edouard Brindeau de Jarny 1867-1943 Gustav Adolf Hippius 1792 - 1856
