100 Great Artists

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ANTONIO CANAlETTO

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ITay in England. ,::bieb bi>d h<gtm in 1746

A

n",n;" Cln,I",,,, ehoo" to paint his The <"m"-" itself "" •• well lrwwn, and fir"

n3li,,: cit)". Venice. Ln<""'ing it c"u1d """,,1,,1 in I 550. CanalettIl 1:1 ught ,,"'crS hOI,,'

make him I~""ty"f ".)n<) Ili< ~","'ul. to use it ~nd thus ",nder l'e<Sl'~cri,'e

_ m'''.'''' of det.il",:! .",hit""'u"" shimmering {'(,mincinglr. Iii, n<l,he ... , Ikmordo lkllott[),

.... tcr, ~ nd bloc skies _ w""t down well "ith the I,..o,'ed.n excell""t 1'''1', 1 and e":'ntu.IIJ'l'aint,,1

English nobi litr doing the: Gr""d liJUr. So well ~"<To,,'n,,1 he:.d .. 11 o,,::r Eu"'p'"

thot, ot One st'g.::, J <l(I(:ph Smith. the IIritish Wor in Eur< 1 ,e in 1740 <~srupt,,1 ~,"'ign

{'(,"suI_in_""iting, w1.. acting as his .g.::nL trJ,eI .nd it w .... time n, s.:t:k Ou t English

In time, ('..analet'" rcr.n<:d his <JUq,ut to suit elients ., home. Fn"n 1746 , Cana letto lin,1 in

the marlet e,,::n b<~n:r. His "'p"noi", grew tn London for .1mo't ten rears, working It:.r

include populor Vcneti.n festi,.ls .nd p"rons such .. the llonOl'eri"" Duke

""",m<)flies .nd he "., willing tn I'" im .n emi", of Richmond.

series of ,.rouu (citr ,ie,,') in • uni~,nn ,iu:, n) AI".}"S the best ""snlln<:rS of CtllOlcttt), the

furnish.nrstttt:lJ'h<M'H'. sole of josc ph Smith's entire {'(,lIecrion to

C.n.b", m.de nO «-cret of his rdi~n<:e On George III in 1 i61 b",ught to Engl.nd

the "",""a d>"tIt'a (st" p.g.:: 198~". ,k:6nition the w<Hld'. finest selccrinn of hi. paintings

of this <bice), e;peci.II), ot sketchl)(lOk Sttg.::. .nd d",wings.