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painting Venice with a camera obscura, selling fifty paintings to one English merchant, then moving to London where critics accused him of being an impostor

Where to see Canaletto
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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59 worksRoyal Collection
London, United Kingdom
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14 worksNational Gallery
Trafalgar Square, United Kingdom
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13 works
Bavarian State Painting Collections
Munich, Germany
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12 works
Wallace Collection
London, United Kingdom
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10 worksStaatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Dresden, Germany
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9 worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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6 worksNational Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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9 worksGemäldegalerie Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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8 worksYale Center for British Art
New Haven, United States
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7 worksPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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7 worksNational Trust
Swindon, United Kingdom
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6 worksThyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Palace of Villahermosa, Spain
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6 works
Munich Central Collecting Point
Munich, Germany
Also here (6)
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6 worksPinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
Turin, Italy
Also here (1)
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6 works
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
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6 works
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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6 works
Hermann Göring Collection
Carinhall, Germany
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5 works
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, United Kingdom
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5 works
Thirlestane Castle
Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Also here (3)
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4 works
Führermuseum
Linz, Austria
Also here (6)
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4 works
Ashmolean Museum
Beaumont Street, United Kingdom
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4 worksMuseum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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4 worksGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
Rome, Italy
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4 worksGallerie dell'Accademia
Dorsoduro, Italy
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3 worksUffizi Gallery
borough 1, Italy
Also here (6)
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3 works
Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
Palais Longchamp, France
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3 works
Shipley Art Gallery
Gateshead, United Kingdom
Also here (1)
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3 works
Fondation Bemberg
hôtel d'Assézat, France
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3 works
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
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2 worksRijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
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2 worksPinacoteca di Brera
Palazzo Brera, Italy
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2 worksMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen - Robbrecht & Daem wing, Netherlands
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2 works
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Palais Saint-Pierre, France
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2 worksHermitage Museum
Winter Palace, Russia
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1 works
Birmingham Museums Trust
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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1 worksPushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow, Russia
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1 works
Royal Museums Greenwich
London, United Kingdom
Also here (2)
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1 worksStädel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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1 worksNational Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 worksMuseum of Grenoble
Grenoble, France
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1 worksNorton Simon Museum
Pasadena, United States
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1 worksDayton Art Institute
Dayton, United States
Also here (3)
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1 worksStaatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
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1 works
Temple Newsam
Leeds, United Kingdom
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1 worksThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 works
Museo de Arte de Worcester
Worcester, United States
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1 works
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich, United Kingdom
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1 works
Sir John Soane's Museum
London, United Kingdom
Also here (3)
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1 worksMuseo del Prado
Madrid city, Spain
17 more museums hold works by Canaletto with smaller collections, not listed here.
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See all Canaletto prints →Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I see Canaletto paintings in venice?
Canaletto's works can be seen at National Gallery of Art, Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Royal Collection, and 2 other museums worldwide.Did Canaletto use a camera obscura?
Canaletto used a camera obscura as a drawing aid. A sketchbook from the 1730s contains 120 pages of camera obscura drawings of Venetian buildings.Is Canaletto renaissance?
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, was active during the Rococo period. He was influenced by Roman topographical painting and prints.Canaletto art movement?
Giovanni Antonio Canal taught perspective to students at the Academy. He created demonstration studies of perspective and scene painting for teaching purposes.What scenes was Canaletto famous for?
Canaletto is known for producing more dramatic, smoother, and topographically accurate views, including Venetian ceremonial scenes. He began to produce these types of views after realising his earlier works were not as exact as they could be.How did Canaletto paint?
Canaletto had masterful control of lighting. He applied touches of fluid, thin paint with extremely small brushes to suggest glittering reflections.Did Canaletto paint london?
Canaletto painted Venetian ceremonial scenes. He also worked in London from 1746 to 1756.When did Canaletto paint venice?
Canaletto painted views of Venice in the 1720s. These included San Cristoforo, San Michele, Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, and Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Canaletto's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Toledo Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum London Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Royal Museums Greenwich Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Städel Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum National Galleries Scotland Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] wikidata Wikidata: Q182664 Used for: identifiers.
- [8] book Jennifer D. Milam, Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art Used for: biography.
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