Biography of Canaletto 1697-1768

Canaletto 1697-1768 is in Painters.

On 18 Oct 1697 Canaletto was born. His given name was Giovanni Antonio Canal. He came to be known as Canaletto meaning Little Canal or Canal Junior.

Around 1735. Canaletto (age 37). The Interior of the King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [Map].

Around 1745. Canaletto (age 47). Old Somerset House [Map].

Around 1746. Canaletto (age 48). The Grand Walk at Vauxhall Gardens.

Around 1746. Canaletto (age 48). The City of Westminster from River Thames near the York Water Gate [Map] with Westminster Bridge [Map] under construction.

Around 1747. Canaletto (age 49). View across the River Thames to Westminster Abbey [Map] and Westminster Hall [Map].

Around 1747. Canaletto (age 49). Westminster Bridge [Map], with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames.

Around 1748. Canaletto (age 50). Warwick Castle [Map].

Around 1749. Canaletto (age 51). View of Whitehall, Old Horse Guards and Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map].

Around 1749. Canaletto (age 51). View of St James' Park [Map].

Around 1749. Canaletto (age 51). Whitehall [Map] and the Privy Garden from Richmond House.

1749. Canaletto (age 51). Westminster Abbey [Map] with a procession of Knights of the Bath. St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map] adjacent with the flag.

Around 1749. Canaletto (age 51). View of Whitehall, New Horse Guards.

Around 1750. Canaletto (age 52). Alnwick Castle [Map].

Around 1750. Canaletto (age 52). Westminster from near the Terrace of Somerset House [Map] In the distance the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace [Map], Westminster Abbey [Map] and Westminster Bridge [Map].

Around 1750. Canaletto (age 52). The City from near the Terrace of Somerset House [Map] with St Paul's Cathedral [Map].

Around 1752. Canaletto (age 54). Greenwich Hospital [Map] from the North Bank of the Thames.

Around 1752. Canaletto (age 54). Warwick Castle [Map] East Front from the Courtyard.

1754. Canaletto (age 56). Walton on Thames Bridge [Map]. Commissioned by Thomas Hollis (age 33).

Thomas Hollis: On 14 Apr 1720 he was born. In 1757 Thomas Hollis was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. On 01 Jan 1774 he died.

1754. Canaletto (age 56). Walton on Thames Bridge [Map].

Around 1754. Canaletto (age 56). View across the River Thames to Eton College [Map] with the new Eton College Chapel [Map] visible in white stone and the original Tudor buildings in red brick.

Around 1754. Canaletto (age 56). View of the interior of the Rotunda Ranelagh Gardens Chelsea.

Around 1754. Canaletto (age 56). St Paul's Cathedral [Map].

Around 1763. Canaletto (age 65). Northumberland House looking towards Strand [Map]. Note the Percy Lion; crest of the Duke Northumberland. And the statue of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland which remains in situ on the corner of what is now the south-east corner of Trafalgar Square.

On 19 Apr 1768 Canaletto (age 70) died.