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Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), better known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), was an Italian painter of city views or vedute, of Venice, Rome, and London.
- Italian
- October 28, 1697
- Venice, Italy
- April 19, 1768
Canaletto (1697 - 1768) was a famous artist who painted precise and evocative views of Venice and other cities. He also created works for English collectors and tourists, using meticulous designs and sometimes a camera obscura.
All about Giovanni Antonio Canal | Canaletto | Venice paintings | Zuane Antonio Canal vedutista painter in Venice.
A Lock, a Column, and a Church beside a Lagoon. Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Italian. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 644. In addition to views of real sites, Canaletto painted imaginary ones (he called them “ideal views”).
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 644. The most famous view painter of eighteenth-century Venice, Canaletto was particularly popular with British visitors. This wonderfully fresh canvas depicts the city’s most emblematic location, the Piazza San Marco.
Title: The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking South toward the Rialto Bridge. Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice) Date: 1730s. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 18 1/4 × 30 1/2 in. (46.4 × 77.5 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019. Accession Number: 2019.141.2
