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 :. | the Old Horse Guards and Banqueting Hall, from St James-s Park | Venice: The Piazzetta Looking South-west towards S. Maria della Salute sdfg | Mary f | The Fonteghetto della Farina | Roofs and Chimneys in Venice ff |
Related Artists:
Francois Auguste Biard
(1800-1882) , a French genre painter
Johann Christian Klengel
Johann Christian Klengel (1751-1824), painter.
Edward Caledon Bruce
painted Robert E. Lee in 1865