Canaletto’s Venice was the 18th century ... His precise, atmospheric views of London, painted in the 1740s and ’50s, helped shape English landscape painting, lured later artists such as ...

Artworks by Old Masters continued to exhibit strength at major auctions in London this week ... vedute (topographical) paintings by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto, sold for £9.7 ...

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN open its fifth season with Canaletto & the Art of Venice, an immersive journey into the life and art of Venice’s famous view-painter. No artist better captures the essence ...

Long after the paintings had been returned to London, Glyn Williams ... one of Canaletto's masterpieces here". Canaletto was born in 1697 and raised in Venice. and was the city's most famous ...

Exhibition on Screen is a documentary series that explores the history behind works of art. Each episode focuses on a particular iconic piece, revealing the background that led to its creation and ...

A painting gifted to the University of Aberdeen more than 150 years ago is a work by Canaletto worth up to £2m, it has been claimed. Charles Beddington, an expert on the 18th century Venetian ...