Fabio Berardi after Canaletto, Prospetto della Chiesa del SS. Salvatore (1742)

Canaletto is undoubtedly the most outstanding of the 18th-century Venetian view painters.View paintings or vedute depicting panoramic views of the city and its surrounding areas de...

Canaletto is undoubtedly the most outstanding of the 18th-century Venetian view painters. View paintings or vedute depicting panoramic views of the city and its surrounding areas d...

Plan of Jerash with the main streets and the churches. 1) southern gate 2) theatre and temple of Zeus; 3) pyriform square; 4) colonnaded street and tetrapylon; 5) cathedral; 6) chu...

The festival of the Bucintoro was the subject of extensive commentaries by travellers and visitors who witnessed it. It was depicted over the course of the years by artists such as...

Some of the information known regarding the training and early years of this short-lived artist is to be found in Orlandi’s Abecedario Pittorico. Aside from that source, the earlie...

Canaletto visited England in 1746, arriving there in the spring. The celebrated Venetian artist travelled with a letter of recommendation from one of his most important protectors,...