Canaletto

Artist (Italy)

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Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697 - 1768), known as Canaletto, was born in Venice, the son of a theatrical scene painter. He was very influential, famed for his precisely depicted and evocative views of the city (vedute). Canaletto's early pictures for local patrons are his most accomplished. He found that providing formulaic paintings for tourists was very lucrative. These, ...

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