At the beginning of his career, Canaletto painted view of Venicethat were singled out by the most discerning connoisseurs, and at its peak in the 1730s and 1740s he was by far the most successful Italian painter of his day. His work has never gone out of fashion, and now he is among the most popular of all Old Master painters. Because so much of Canaletto's oeuvre provides effortless enjoyment to the viewer, he is sometimes regarded as concerned only with the visible world, as opposed to those artists who were inspired by their religion or their imagination. However, Canaletto brought his reflective and original insight to his early work as any of his contemporaries, and throughout his career he took relief from his normal realism in flights of fantasy and caprice. Even in his apparently most realistic pictures of Venice, Padua, and London, artistic considerations always took precedence over fact. Nova Gallery is pleased to have twenty pieces to present in the gallery.
Each piece is fully hand embellished by the great Western Artist -Harland Young.
The Molo: Looking West, Library to Right 20x30"
Campo S. Angelo 20x30"
SS. Giovannie Paolo and the Scuola di S. Marco 24x30"
Detailed of Entrance to the Grand Canal: from the Piazzetta 24x30"
Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking West 20x30"
Entrance to the Grand Canal: from the West End of the Molo Oil on Copper 24x30"
Grand Canal: The Rialto Bridge from the North 20x30"
Grand Canal: looking East, from the Campo S. Vio 20x30"
Grand Canal: looking North from Palazzo Vendramin Calergi to South Geremia 23x39 1/2"
London: Vauxhall Gardens the Grand Walk 20x30"
London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House 42x46"
View on a River, Perhaps at Padua 24 x 40"
Piazza S. Marco looking East along the Central Line 20x30"
Carpriccio: Ruins With A Domed Church and the Colleoni Monument 30x30"
Piazza S. Marco: Looking North 24x30"
Capriccio: Terrace & Loggia of a Palace on the Lagoon 18x24"
Entrance to the Drand Canal: from the Piazzetta 30x24"
Carpriccio: River Landscape with a Column, a Ruin Roman Arch, and Reminiscences of England 30x24"
The Piazzetta: looking North 30 x 24"
Piazza South Marco: Looking East from the Southwest Corner 30x24"
Detailed of London: the Thames and the City of London from Richmond House 30x24"
Piazza S. Marco: looking South and West 23x47 1/2"
