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 :. | Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor-s Day | London: Westminster Bridge under Repair vv | Return of the Bucentoro to the Molo on Ascension Day (detail) fd | (in alto a destra) Giambattista Piazzetta e Giovanni Battista Cimaroli (mk21) | Piazza San Marco with the Basilica fg |
Related Artists:
Jakob Philipp Hackert
German 1737-1807 Jakob Philipp Hackert Gallery
Filadelfo Simi
painted Un rilesso in 1887
Benno Adam
(July 15, 1812, Munich - March 9, 1892, Kehlheim) was a German painter. He specialised in animal portraits and market and hunting scenes. He was the son of painter Albrecht Adam.