Canaletto Artist

Giovanni Antonio Canal (17 or 18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), better known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), was an Italian painter of landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.

Personal facts

Canaletto
Birth dateOctober 18, 1697
Birth place
Venice
Date of deathApril 19, 1768
Place of death
Venice

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Artist

Field of work
Etching
Landscape art
Influenced
Bernardo Bellotto
Influenced by
Giovanni Paolo Panini
training at
Luca Carlevarijs

Topical connections

Antonio BasoliArtist

Canaletto on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/49680
  2. http://www.artericerca.org/pittori_italiani_settecento/canaletto%20antonio%20canal/canaletto%20antonio%20canal.htm
  3. http://www.canalettogallery.org
  4. http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo18/canaletto.htm
  5. http://www.imamuseum.org/art/collections/artwork/view-piazzetta-san-marco-looking-south-canaletto
  6. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/11/05/bacanaletto05.xml
  7. http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/canalett/7
  8. http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/canaletto/london-seen-through-an-arch-of-westminster-bridge-1747