Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768) was an Italian painter from Venice. Today, he is mostly remembered for his landscape paintings. Some of these landscape paintings which resemble the views found on modern-day postcards are known as Vedutes today. He was also an important printmaker in etching.
Canaletto | |
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Born | Venice | 17 October 1697
Died | 19 April 1768 Venice | (aged 70)
Nationality | Italian |
Field | Landscape art, etching |
Training | Luca Carlevaris |
Patrons | Owen Swiny Joseph Smith |
Canaletto Media
The Stonemason's Yard, painted c. 1725
View of the Entrance to the Venetian Arsenal, 1732
Architectural Capriccio, drawing, Morgan Library & Museum
The first Westminster Bridge, 1746
The River Thames from Richmond House: a classic veduta, 1747
Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath, 1749