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Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), [1] commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto] [2]), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto - Capriccio - The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings - WGA03937.jpg: 1740: Galleria nazionale di Parma Venice. The Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo (1) 1740: The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square, England The Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo (2) 1740: National Gallery ...
Many of the structures depicted by Canaletto still stand today, for example Palazzo Flangini, the building at far left, which retains its off-center entrance portal. [2] To the right of the palace, the lantern on the dome of the church of San Geremia is visible, followed by the gabled canonica (rectory) of San Geremia. The trees appearing over ...
The Stonemason's Yard (formally known as Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità) is an early oil painting by Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto.It depicts an informal scene in Venice, looking over a temporary stonemason's yard in the Campo San Vidal set up for the construction of Andrea Tirali's facade of the church of San Vidal, and across the Grand Canal towards the ...
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
Description: Italian painter, etcher and drawer: Date of birth/death: 7 October 1697 / 17 October 1697 / 18 October 1697 / 1697 : 19 April 1758 / 10 April 1768 / 19 April 1768 / 20 April 1768 / 1768
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References: Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697–1768, 199 ; Canaletto, 32; 100 great paintings : Duccio to Picasso : European paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, 83