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Pietro della Vecchia (1603–1678), real name "Pietro Muttoni", painter; Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), one of the world's major painters, known for scenes from history and mythology; Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488), real name "Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni", painter, sculptor and goldsmith
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.
The Grand Canal in Venice (Bellotto) The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola; Le Grand Canal (Monet series) The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge from the South; The Grand Canal (Streeton)
The rest of Italy tended to ignore or underestimate Venetian painting; Giorgio Vasari's neglect of the school in the first edition of his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects in 1550 was so conspicuous that he realized he needed to visit Venice for extra material in his second edition of 1568. [8]
The Mont-Saint-Michel Island, depicted in the famous painting of the same name by James Webb in 1857, is a famous tourist destination. Its history dates back to the 8th century. Bishop Aubert ...
Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy San Cristoforo, San Michele and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, Venice 1722–23: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, United States The Grand Canal in Venice with the Palazzo Corner Ca'Grande 1722–23: Gallery of Paintings of the Ancient Masters: Piazza di San Marco, em Veneza 1723: Instituto Ricardo Brennand ...
Ca' Rezzonico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈka (r)retˈtsɔːniko]) is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy.It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista ...
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