Canaletto - Vue de ville depuis la rive

Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), better known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter of city views of Venice. He also painted imaginary views, although the sometimes it is hard to say if his work depicts real view or the imaginary one. He was also a printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he was highly successful in England where he created many views of London. British merchant Joseph Smith collected a large collection of Canaletto's that was sold to King George III in 1762.

A veduta, plural vedute, is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often print, of a cityscape or some other landscape. The painters of vedute are referred to as vedutisti. Veduta was introduced by northern European artists, most likely Flanders who worked in Italy, such as Paul Brill (1554–1626), a landscape painter who produced a number of marine views and scenes of Rome that were purchased by visitors. Among the most famous of the vedutisti are four Venetians. Canaletto was probably the greatest of the vedutisti, produced Venetian architecture works. Giacomo Guardi (1678–1716), Giannantonio Guardi (1699–1760), and Francesco Guardi (1712–93), also produced a great number of views of Venice. Giovanni Pannini (c. 1691–1765/68) was the first artist to concentrate on painting ruins.

• A view of a town on a river bank c. 1740 - Royal Collection Trust
• (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto View of a Town on a River Bank ...
• The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking | RISD Museum
• (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto The Tower of Malghera Painting ...
• Venetian Drawings and Prints of the 18th Century - RISD Museum
• (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto The courtyard of the Royal ...
• ANTONIO DA CANAL, IL CANALETTO (Circa 1740) | MutualArt
• The Complete Works - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
• #433c36 Hex Color Code, RGB and Paints - Encycolorpedia
• Two etchings: ”Mestre” and ”The Portico with the Lantern” - MutualArt