entrance to the grand canal,venice
Italian Rococo Era Painter, C.1721-1780
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a view painter who worked in Italy and later at the courts of Dresden, Vienna, Munich and Warsaw. The nephew and almost certainly the pupil of Canaletto, outside Italy he signed his works de Canaletto and hence became known as Canaletto. He painted both topographical and imaginary views in a style independent of his uncle's, distinguished by cold colour and by the austere geometry of architectural masses. mk247
c.1741,oil on canvas,12.25x37.25 in,59.3x94.9 cm,fitzwilliam museum,university of cambridge,uk
Painting ID:: 56116
Bernardo Bellotto Italian Rococo Era Painter, C.1721-1780
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a view painter who worked in Italy and later at the courts of Dresden, Vienna, Munich and Warsaw. The nephew and almost certainly the pupil of Canaletto, outside Italy he signed his works de Canaletto and hence became known as Canaletto. He painted both topographical and imaginary views in a style independent of his uncle's, distinguished by cold colour and by the austere geometry of architectural masses. entrance to the grand canal,venice mk247
c.1741,oil on canvas,12.25x37.25 in,59.3x94.9 cm,fitzwilliam museum,university of cambridge,uk
