Canaletto

Canaletto rose to fame painting remarkable views of Venice. He became especially popular with wealthy tourists, who commissioned his paintings as souvenirs of their travels. Research: • Constable, William G.. "Canaletto". Encyclopedia Britannica • , 14 Oct. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Canaletto • Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "War of the Austrian Succession". Encyclopedia Britannica • , 3 Mar. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/event/War-of-the-Austrian-Succession • Binion, A., & Barton, L. Canaletto. Grove Art Online. • Retrieved 17 Apr. 2023, from https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000013627 • “The Stonemason’s Yard.” The National Gallery. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/canaletto-the-stonemasons-yard • “London: Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh.” The National Gallery. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/canaletto-london-interior-of-the-rotunda-at-ranelagh • “Canaletto’s Drawings.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/themes/exhibitions/canaletto-in-venice/the-queens-gallery-palace-of-holyroodhouse/canalettos-drawings • Baetjer, Katherine and J.G. Links. “Canaletto.” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1989. Accessed through The Met: Watson Library Digital Collections. https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/49280 • “Imaginary View of Venice.” The Met. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/335287#:~:text=It%20was%20in%20these%20years,representing%20actual%20sites%2C%20others%20imaginary. • Erkelens, C. J. (2020). Perspective on Canaletto’s Paintings of Piazza San Marco in Venice, Art & Perception, 8(1), 49-67. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/22134913-20191131 • “Canaletto.” The Art Story. https://www.theartstory.org/artist/canaletto/ • “Canaletto.” National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1080.html?artistId=1080&pageNumber=1 • “Piazzo San Marco.” The Met. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435839 • “Architectural Capriccio.” https://www.themorgan.org/collection/drawings/141078 • “Owen McSwiney.” The Fitzwilliam Museum. https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/objects-and-artworks/highlights/context/patrons-donors-collectors/owen-mcswiny

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