👨‍🎨19 April 1768. Giovanni Antonio Canal, worldwide known as Canaletto leaves this world in Venice, aged 70.
He was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered one the most important "vedutisti" of the 18th-century. Thanks to his "vedute", views of Venice, the world knew how it was the city on the Lagoon during its splendour, thus enticing and paving the way to dreamers and travelers who desperately wanted to come and see in person this amazing beauty! Many of his paintings were sold in fact to Englishmen on their Grand Tour.
Canaletto lived mainly in Venice and painted the city from all corners and from the windows and palaces of the noblemen who were eager to #host him.
He also lived in Rome and London where he painted city views too.
Today we can admire his paintings in all the most famous museums of the world.
If there was a photographer and beauty ambassador of Venice in 18th century, his name would be for sure #Canaletto! ❤️
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