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Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), 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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Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) A View of Greenwich from the River
c.1750–2 -
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) London: The Old Horse Guards from St James’s Park
c.1749 -
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) London: the New Horse Guards from St James’s Park
c.1752–3
Artist as subject
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House, Venice: Canaletti Painting
exhibited 1833 -
After Joseph Mallord William Turner Venice. The Grand Canal, engraved by Prior
published 1859–61 -
After Joseph Mallord William Turner Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House, Venice: Canaletti Painting, engraved by T.A. Prior
1850 -
Bernard Meninsky Slide plans for Meninsky’s talk at the Arts Council
[1948] -
Bernard Meninsky Typescript entitled ‘THE ART OF DRAWING by BERNARD MENINSKY. 2nd Lecture’
[1948]
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