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Canaletto (加纳莱托) - Biography & Artworks

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Portrait of Canaletto

Canaletto加纳莱托

1697–1768

Nationality: Republic of Venice

Born: 1697, Venice

Died: 1768, Venice

Gender: male

Movements

Occupations

etcher

painter

draftsperson

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Biography

The most famous view-painter of the 18th century, Canaletto's works are characteristically topographically correct with smooth, precise handling. His patrons were primarily English collectors.

Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons

Notable Works

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)
Piazza San Marco
Warwick Castle: The East Front

Artworks

222 artworks

Highlighted Works(3)

Piazza San Marco

Museum Highlight

Piazza San Marco

late 1720s

Warwick Castle: The East Front

Museum Highlight

Warwick Castle: The East Front

1752

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

Museum Highlight

Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from 'Views' (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal)

1741

All Artworks

Warwick Castle

1748

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon

Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon

early 1740s

Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice

Campo Sant'Angelo, Venice

1730s

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice

Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice

1730s

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right

1730s

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge

The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge

1730s

A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon

A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon

De ingang van het Canal Grande bij de Punta della Dogana en de Santa Maria della Salute

De ingang van het Canal Grande bij de Punta della Dogana en de Santa Maria della Salute

The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and the Fondaco dei Tedeschi

Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir

Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir

ca. 1763–68

Padua: The River Bacchiglione and the Porta Portello

Padua: The River Bacchiglione and the Porta Portello

ca. 1750–60

A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)

A Magnificent Pavilion by the Lagoon (recto); The Grand Canal, with the Rialto Bridge from the South (verso)

ca. 1727–29

Piazza San Marco from the Southwest Corner, with the Procuratie Nuove on the Right

Piazza San Marco from the Southwest Corner, with the Procuratie Nuove on the Right

ca. 1724–80

Capriccio with a Roman Triumphal Arch

Capriccio with a Roman Triumphal Arch

1720–30

A Venetian Interior, with a Young Man Seated by the Fire

A Venetian Interior, with a Young Man Seated by the Fire

after 1717

Lagoon Capriccio (recto); Architectural Scene (verso)

Lagoon Capriccio (recto); Architectural Scene (verso)

1697–1768

Fanciful Landscape (Landscape with Villa Building and Equestrian Monument)

Fanciful Landscape (Landscape with Villa Building and Equestrian Monument)

1697–1768

Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)

Man Smoking a Pipe (recto); Standing Man and Two Studies of His Head (verso)

1697–1768

Piazza San Marco with the Procuratie Nuove on the left and the church of San Geminiano in the background

Piazza San Marco with the Procuratie Nuove on the left and the church of San Geminiano in the background

1735–46

The market on the Molo in Venice

The market on the Molo in Venice

1735–46

Le porte del Dolo: the oval basin of the locks at Dolo, with a barge moored to the quay

Le porte del Dolo: the oval basin of the locks at Dolo, with a barge moored to the quay

1735–46