Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian

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from the

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, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of cityscapes or ''

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'', of

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, and

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, 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.Alice Binion and Lin Barton. "Canaletto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 6 Jan. 2017 He was further an important

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using the

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technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756, he worked in

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, where he painted many views of London and other sites, including

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and

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. 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

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in 1762.

Early career

He was born in Venice as the son of the painter

Bernardo Canal Bernardo Canal (1664, Venice – 1744, Venice) was an Italian painter; father of the famous painter, Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto. Although he earned his living as a theatrical scene painter, he is best known for his vedute; created ...

, hence his mononym ''Canaletto'' ("little Canal"), and Artemisia Barbieri. Canaletto served an apprenticeship with his father and his brother of a theatrical scene painter. In 1718, having already taken part in designing sets for operas by

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and

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, Canaletto travelled to Rome. During his time in Rome, he worked with his father producing the scenery for two operas by the composer

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, ''Tito Sempronio Greco'' and ''Turno Aricino'' which were performed at the Teatro Catranica during the carnival season of 1720. Canaletto was inspired by the Roman ''vedutista''

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, and started painting the daily life of the city and its people. After returning from Rome in 1719, he began painting in his topographical style. His first known signed and dated work is ''Architectural Capriccio'' (1723, Milan, in a private collection). Studying with the older

Luca Carlevarijs Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes ('' vedute'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by arti ...

, a well-regarded painter of urban

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s, he rapidly became his master's equal. In 1725, the painter

Alessandro Marchesini Alessandro Marchesini (30 April 1664 – 27 January 1738) was an Italian painter and art merchant of the late-Baroque and Rococo, active in Northern Italy and Venice. He first trained in Verona with Biagio Falcieri and then with Antonio Ca ...

, who was also the buyer for the Lucchese art collector

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, had inquired about buying two more 'views of Venice', when the agent urged him to consider instead the work of "Antonio Canale... it is like Carlevaris, but you can see the sun shining in it."

Outdoor painting

Much of Canaletto's early artwork was painted "from nature", differing from the then customary practice of completing paintings in the studio. Some of his later works do revert to this custom, as suggested by the tendency for distant figures to be painted as blobs of colour – an effect possibly produced by using a

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, which blurs farther-away objects. Also, his paintings are always notable for their accuracy, an example being his recording of the seasonal submerging of Venice in water and ice. In particular, his precise use of correct perspective has led experts in the past to believe that much of the detail in his paintings had been achieved by tracing the image off a camera obscura. It is known that Canaletto owned a camera obscura, but several experts today are of the opinion that he may have taken some inspiration from it, rather than actually using it for accurate photorealistic tracing in preparation for his paintings.

Early and late work

Canaletto's early works remain his most coveted and, according to many authorities, his best. One of his early pieces is ''

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'' (, the

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) which depicts a humble working area of the city. It is regarded one of his finest works, and was presented by Sir George Beaumont in 1823 and 1828. Later, Canaletto painted grand scenes of the canals of Venice and the

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. His large-scale landscapes portrayed the city's pageantry and waning traditions, making innovative use of atmospheric effects and strong local colours. For these qualities, his works may be said to have anticipated

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. His graphic print ''S. A. Giustina in Prà della Vale'' was found in the 2012 Munich Art Hoard.

Work in England

Canaletto - Architectural Capriccio - Google Art Project

Many of his pictures were sold to Englishmen on their Grand Tour, first through the agency of

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, and later the banker

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. It was Swiny in the late 1720s who encouraged the artist to paint small topographical views of Venice with a commercial appeal for tourists and foreign visitors to the city. Sometime before 1728, Canaletto began his association with Smith, an English businessman and collector living in Venice, who was appointed British Consul in Venice in 1744. Smith later became the artist's principal agent and patron, acquiring nearly fifty paintings, one hundred fifty drawings and fifteen rare etchings from Canaletto, the largest and finest single group of the artist's works, which he sold to King George III in 1763. In the 1740s, Canaletto's market was disrupted when the

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led to a reduction in the number of British visitors to Venice. Smith also arranged for the publication of a series of etchings of "capricci" (or architectural phantasies) (''

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'' Italian for fancy) in his ''

ideali'', but the returns were not high enough, and in 1746 Canaletto moved to London, to be closer to his market. Whilst in England, between 1749 and 1752 Canaletto lived at number 41 Beak Street in London's

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district. He remained in England until 1755, producing views of London (including several of the new

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, which was completed during his stay) and of his patrons' houses and castles. These included

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for Sir Hugh Smithson, Bt., who by marriage later became the 2nd Earl of Northumberland; and

for Lord Brooke, later 1st Earl of Warwick. Smithson was one of the commissioners of Westminster Bridge, and it is "not impossible" that he had encouraged Canaletto to come to England and record the beginning of the bridge's life. His 1754 painting of

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includes an image of Canaletto himself. He was often expected to paint England in the fashion with which he had painted his native city. Canaletto's painting began to suffer from repetitiveness, losing its fluidity, and becoming mechanical to the point that the English art critic

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suggested that the man painting under the name 'Canaletto' was an impostor. This may have been because Canaletto's nephew,

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, was also using his uncle's nickname; or more likely because the story had been spread by unscrupulous art dealers who had been passing off copies of Canaletto's own work and were anxious to see him return to Venice. Historian Michael Levey described his work from this period as "inhibited". In order to refute this claim the artist, through an advertisement in a newspaper, invited "any Gentleman" to inspect his latest painting of St. James's Park at his studio in Silver Street (now Beak Street) off

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; however, his reputation never fully recovered in his lifetime. After his return to Venice, Canaletto was elected to the

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in 1763 and appointed prior of the ''Collegio dei Pittori''. He continued to paint until his death in 1768. In his later years, he often worked from old sketches, but he sometimes produced surprising new compositions. He was willing to make subtle alterations to topography for artistic effect. He was buried at

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, the church where he was baptized.

Market

His students included his nephew

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and

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. The painter, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, was a follower of his style. Joseph Smith sold much of his collection to George III, creating the bulk of the large collection of works by Canaletto owned by the

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. In 1762, George III paid £20,000 for Consul Smith's collection of 50 paintings and 142 drawings. There are many examples of his work in other British collections, including several (19) at the

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and a set of 24 in the dining room at

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. A large set of Canaletto works was also part of the collection of the

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, however many were lost at the 1940 fire at

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and others were sold over the last century. Among those formerly at the Carlisle collection are ''The Bacino di San Marco: looking East'', now at the

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(sold in 1939) and the pair ''Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice'' and ''The Square of Saint Mark's, Venice'', now at the

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, Washington DC (sold in 1938). The last important venetian ''veduta'' at Castle Howard was by

, ''A View of the Grand Canal Looking South from the Palazzo Foscari'', which was sold at Sotheby's in July 2015 for £2.6 million. Canaletto's views always fetched high prices, and as early as the 18th century

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and other European monarchs vied for his grandest paintings. The record price paid at auction for a Canaletto is £18.6 million for ''View of the Grand Canal from

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to the Rialto'', set at

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in London in July 2005.

Gallery

Italy

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The French Ambassador's Arrival in Venice ''The French Ambassador's Arrival in Venice'' or ''Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice'' is an oil on canvas painting executed ca. 1726–27 by Canaletto. It depicts Count Jacques-Vincent Languet de Gergy disembarking onto the quay in f ...

,'' 1726-1727 File:Canaletto - Bucentaur's return to the pier by the Palazzo Ducale - Google Art Project.jpg, '' The Bucentaur Returns to the Pier at the Doge's Palace,'' 1730 File:Canaletto - The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice - Google Art Project.jpg, '' The Entrance to the Grand Canal'', 1730 File:Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, by Canaletto, 1730. Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge.jpg, ''Piazza San Marco, Venice'', 1730 File:Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - The Feast Day of St Roch - WGA03905.jpg, ''The Feast Day of St Roch'', 1735 File:Giovanni Antonio Canal - Venice- The Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo - National Gallery London.jpg, '' The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo'', 1740 File:Canaletto, Rome - the Arch of Constantine, 1742.jpg, ''The Arch of Constantine, Rome'', 1742 File:Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768) - The Arch of Septimius Severus - RCIN 400700 - Royal Collection.jpg, '' The Arch of Septimius Severus'', 1742 File:Canaletto - Rome, The Piazza Navona.jpg, ''Piazza Navona in Rome'', 1750 File:Canaletto - Rome, The Piazza del Quirinale.jpg, ''The Piazza del Quirinale'', 1750 File:Canaletto - Saint Mark's Square, Venice, c.1756.jpg, ''Saint Mark's Square, Venice'', 1756 File:Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Capriccio - a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza.jpeg, ''

Capriccio with Palladian buildings The ''Capriccio with Palladian buildings'' () is an oil painting on canvas (58x82 cm) by Canaletto, dating from about 1756 to 1759 and stored in the Galleria Nazionale Di Parma. Picture content and symbolism The painting shows a fictitious sce ...

'', c.1756-59 File:Canaletto - The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio - KMS3898 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg, ''The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio'', 1763 File:Canaletto - Santa Maria Zobenigo.jpg, ''Santa Maria Zobenigo'', c.1765

England

File:Canaletto - Windsor Castle.JPG, ''Windsor Castle'' 1747 File:Canaletto - Westminster Bridge Under Construction from the South-East Abutment.jpg, ''Westminster Bridge Under Construction'', 1747 File:Canaletto - The City Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge.JPG, ''

London Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge ''London Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge'' is an 1747 riverscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. Painted during his nine year stay in England, Canaletto depicts a view through one of the arches of Westminster Bridge which was ...

'', 1747 File:Canaletto - Warwick Castle - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Warwick Castle'', c.1748 File:Canaletto - Syon House.jpg, ''Syon House'', 1749 File:Canaletto - London, The Old Horse Guards from St James Park L02305.jpg, ''

Old Horse Guards ''Old Horse Guards'' is a 1749 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. It depicts the view from St James's Park of the Horse Guards building in London. Built during the reign of Charles II it served as the headquarters of the British ...

'', 1749 File:Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames RMG BHC1827.tiff, '' Greenwich Hospital'', 1750 File:Caneletto - The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens, London WAR COMP 131.jpg, '' The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens'', 1751 File:Canaletto - Chelsea from the Thames at Battersea Reach, 1751.jpg, ''Chelsea from the Thames at Battersea Reach'', 1751 File:Northumberland House by Canaletto (1752).JPG, ''

'', 1752 File:New Horse Guards from St James’s Park 121017Canaletto-neu.jpg, ''New Horse Guards'', 1753 File:Canaletto - St. Paul's Cathedral - Google Art Project.jpg, ''

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'', 1754 File:Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) - A View of Walton Bridge - Google Art Project.jpg, '' A View of Walton Bridge'', 1754 File:Canaletto Ranelegh 1754.jpg, ''Ranelegh Gardens'', 1754 File:Canaletto (II) 005.jpg, ''

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'', 1754 File:Canaletto - View of Banqueting House and Equestrian Statue of King Charles I.jpg, ''Banqueting House'', 1754

References

External links

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Web Gallery of Art

The Canaletto Foundation
More than 335 images of Canaletto's paintings.

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Canaletto
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