Canaletto
1697 – 1768
Giovanni Antonio Canal, Venetian painter, the son of Bernardo Canal, a well-known scenery painter at the time. 'Canaletto' - or small canal - as he was soon called, received his training in the studio of his father and his brother, with whom he continued to collaborate for several years. He became the most famous view-painter of the 18th century.
139 artworks in collection
Locations
Works
Grand Canal, Looking Northeast from Palazo Balbi toward the Rialto Bridge
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice1723
Venice: The Grand Canal, Looking North-East from Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge
Private collection1724
The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto
Private collection1725
The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North
Private collection1725
Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco
Private collection1726
The Grand Canal near Santa Maria della Carità
Private collection1726
Grand Canal: The Rialto Bridge from the South
Private collection1727
Piazza San Marco Looking East towards the Basilica
Private collection1730
Reception of the Ambassador in the Doge's Palace
Private collection1730
View of Campo Santi Apostoli
Private collection1730
The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on Ascension Day
Private collection1730
The Molo: Looking West
Private collection1730
The Molo: Looking West (detail)
Private collection1730
Riva degli Schiavoni: Looking East
Private collection1730
The Fonteghetto della Farina
Private collection1730
View of the Entrance to the Arsenal (detail)
Private collection1732
View of the Entrance to the Arsenal
Private collection1732
Campo Santa Maria Formosa
Private collection1735
Campo San Rocco
Private collection1735
Venice: The Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to the Church of San Marcuola
Private collection1738
Capriccio: a Palladian Design for the Rialto Bridge, with Buildings at Vicenza
Galleria Nazionale, Parma1740
The Molo and the Riva degli Schiavoni from the Bacino di San Marco
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio1740
Capriccio: The Grand Canal, with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings
Galleria Nazionale, Parma1740
The Molo with the Library and the Entrance to the Grand Canal
Private collection1740
View of San Giuseppe di Castello
Private collection1740
View of San Giuseppe di Castello (detail)
Private collection1740
View of a River, Perhaps in Padua
Private collection1745
London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven1746
London: Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge
Private collection1746
The River Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral on Lord Mayor's Day
Lobkowicz Collections, Lobkowicz Palace, Prague1746
The Prisons and the Bridge of Sighs
Private collection1747
London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House (detail)
Private collection1747
The River Thames looking towards Westminster from Lambeth
Lobkowicz Collections, Lobkowicz Palace, Prague1747
London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House
Private collection1747
London: Whitehall and the Privy Garden from Richmond House
Private collection1747
The Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo, Venice
Private collection1747
View of the Old Horse Guards and Banqueting Hall
Private collection1749
Interior View of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Private collection1750
Interior View of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey (detail)
Private collection1750
Interior View of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey (detail)
Private collection1750
London: Northumberland House
Private collection1752
Grand Canal: Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia to the Rialto Bridge
Staatliche Museen, Berlin1756
Scala dei Giganti
Private collection1765
Capriccio of a Bridge Leading to a Fortress by the Venetian Lagoon
Private collection