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Canaletto

American  
[kan-l-et-oh, kah-nah-let-taw] / ˌkæn lˈɛt oʊ, ˌkɑ nɑˈlɛt tɔ /

noun

  1. Antonio Canale, 1697–1768, Italian painter.

  2. Bellotto, Bernardo.


Canaletto British  
/ kanaˈlɛtto /

noun

  1. original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We can study the effect of Venice on other artists, starting with Canaletto and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

They painted sweeping landscapes and port scenes reminiscent of Canaletto or 19th-century artists such as Eugène Delacroix.

From Washington Post Feb. 14, 2019

Mr. Zampolli, 46, sounded less than disturbed as he spoke over a recent lunch of pasta in his Gramercy Park townhouse, which is decorated with works by Canaletto, de Chirico and Picasso.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2016

The small gallery attracts 160,000 visitors a year and has one of the finest collections of old masters in the UK, including paintings by Rembrandt, Gainsborough and Canaletto.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2015

Both Ranelagh and Vauxhall had large permanent performance structures, the Rotunda at Ranelagh being the subject of a particularly striking painting by Canaletto in 1754.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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