Canaletto

Canaletto
Born
Giovanni Antonio Canal

(1697-10-18)18 October 1697
Died19 April 1768(1768-04-19) (aged 70)
NationalityVenetian
EducationLuca Carlevaris
Known forLandscape art, etching
Notable workThe Stonemason's Yard
Parent(s)Bernardo Canal
Artemisia Barbieri
Patron(s)Owen Swiny
Joseph Smith
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Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768),[1] commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto][2]), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.

Painter of cityscapes 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Filippo Pedrocco (1995). Canaletto. Giunti Editore. ISBN 978-88-09-76198-8.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Canaletto". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Alice Binion and Lin Barton. "Canaletto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 6 Jan. 2017
  4. ^ Constable, William G. "Canaletto". Encyclopædia Britannica.