Venetian Vedute: Canaletto and Guardi
Detailed 18th-century city views of Venice and beyond, made for Grand Tour travellers.
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About Venetian Vedute: Canaletto and Guardi
A veduta is a detailed painting of a city view. In 18th-century Venice it became a trade for visitors on the Grand Tour. Canaletto painted the canals, regattas and squares of Venice with great precision, as in "The Stonemason's Yard" (about 1725), now in the National Gallery in London. Francesco Guardi painted the same city in a looser, more atmospheric way.
Canaletto's nephew Bernardo Bellotto took the style north and painted Dresden and Warsaw.
































