You may have noticed that I have a penchant for prints that show a lot of detail. I recently ran across an oil painting with that same quality of knock-me-over-with-a-feather detail that I love in prints, which is what I am sharing with you today. Canaletto (the “use name” of Giovannai Antonio Canal) was a Venetian painter of the early to mid 18th century who was famed for his detailed and precise paintings of places. (You may also have noticed that I tend to enjoy landscapes more than portraits or still lifes.) His style has been described as “almost topographical”. He painted views of some places from many different vantage points, and is also known for painting capricci, or fantasies, of imaginary places, or imaginary juxtapositions of existing places or buildings. Here is today’s beautiful picture.
The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carità to the Right, by Canaletto
