File:Canaletto Westminster Bridge 1747.jpg
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Summary
Canaletto: Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Veduta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: people, event, celebration, commemoration, holiday, procession, festival, monuments, church, cathedral, ships, barges (flat-bottomed watercraft), rowboats, sailboats, cityscape, flags, boats |
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Date | 1747 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 95.9 cm (37.7 in) ; width: 127.6 cm (50.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+95.9U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+127.6U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6352575
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Current location |
Paul Mellon Collection, English: Bay13, 401 |
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Accession number |
B1976.7.94 (Yale Center for British Art) |
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Notes | Paul Mellon Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/c/canalett/7/canal701.html" |
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current | 05:11, 22 March 2006 | 1,038 × 773 (131 KB) | Nichtbesserwisser | Westminster Bridge from the north on Lord Mayor's Day Painting by Canaletto (1746), original at the Yale Center for British Art Category:Westminster Bridge Category:Canaletto |
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JPEG file comment | CANALETTO
(b. 1697, Venezia, d. 1768, Venezia) London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day 1746 Oil on canvas, 96 x 137,5 cm Yale Center for British Art, New Haven Canaletto is first recorded in England in spring 1746, and his earliest paintings of London are depictions of the new Westminster Bridge, a subject he was to portray from various vantage points. The bridge was not actually completed until four years after this work was painted. In this picture he combines a view of its whole span with a depiction of festivities, which, although tamer than the Venetian spectacles he generally painted, partially recall them. The celebrations accompanied the appointment of the new Lord Mayor of London. The largest City Barge is shown taking him to Westminster Hall, by the Abbey at the right, where he will be sworn in. The prominent building on the horizon to the left of it is St John's Church, Smith Square, and over on the other side of the river is Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. All the other spectacular barges are those of the different city guilds (Skinners, Goldsmiths, Fishmongers, Clothworkers, Vinters, Merchant Taylors, Mercers and Dyers); a number of them are firing salutes to honour the Mayor. In order to encapsulate all of this activity within such a broad panorama Canaletto has adopted an imaginary vantage point high above the Thames.
Author: CANALETTO Title: London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting Type: landscape |
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