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Canaletto

1697 - 1768

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Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (Italian: [kanaˈletto]), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of cityscapes or vedute, of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut. He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756, he worked in England, where he painted many views of London and other sites, including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Canaletto is the 84th most popular painter (down from 83rd in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Italy (down from 274th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Painter.

Canaletto is most famous for his paintings of Venice.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Canaletto ranks 84 out of 2,023. Before him are Bob Ross, Jackson Pollock, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Georges Seurat, and Berthe Morisot. After him are Bronzino, Max Ernst, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, François Boucher, Duccio, and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

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Among people born in 1697, Canaletto ranks 1. After him are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, William Hogarth, Antoine François Prévost, Johann Joachim Quantz, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Jean-Marie Leclair, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Faustina Bordoni, Nicola Salvi, and Mahmud Hotak. Among people deceased in 1768, Canaletto ranks 1. After him are Marie Leszczyńska, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Nicola Porpora, Laurence Sterne, Georg Brandt, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Canaletto ranks 301 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Adeodatus I (570), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Pope Sergius III (860), Pope Lucius I (200), Suetonius (70), and Pope Pontian (200). After him are Germanicus (-15), Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700), Pope Gregory II (669), Pope Agatho (574), Bronzino (1503), and Pope Julius I (300).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Canaletto ranks 22. Before him are Giorgione (1478), Giovanni Bellini (1430), Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448), Piero della Francesca (1415), Andrea Mantegna (1431), and Pietro Perugino (1446). After him are Bronzino (1503), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696), Duccio (1255), Cimabue (1240), Paolo Uccello (1475), and Vittore Carpaccio (1465).

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