biography
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Canaletto
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originally Giovanni Antonio Canal
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pronunciation:
[kanaletoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1697–1768)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Venice, NE Italy. He studied at Rome, then painted a renowned series of views in Venice, many as souvenirs for foreign visitors. He spent most of the years 1746–56 in England, where his views of London and elsewhere proved extremely popular. He later returned to Venice and was elected to the Venice Academy in 1763. |
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