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1742 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1742, art Events from the year 1742 in art. Events * Canaletto paints in England. Works * François Boucher – '' Diana Leaving her Bath'' * Canaletto ** ''The Porta Portello, Padua'' (1741–1742) (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Constantine'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Septimius Severus'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Titus'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Pantheon'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: Ruins of the Forum looking towards the Capitol'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) * William Hogarth (paintings) ** '' Miss Mary Edwards'' ** '' Taste in High Life'' (engraved in 1746) * Vincenzo Meucci – '' Glory of Florentine Saints'' (fresco on interior of dome, basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence) * Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ''vedute'', of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut.Alice Binion and Lin Barton. "Canaletto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 6 Jan. 2017 He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph "Consul" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto's works was sold to King George III in 1762. Early career He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1816 In Art
Events in the year 1816 in Art. Events * The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London. * The Fitzwilliam Museum is founded by the bequest of the art collection of the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam to the University of Cambridge in England. * In Paris, the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (founded in 1648) is merged with the Académie de musique (1669) and the Académie royale d'architecture (1671) to form the Académie des beaux-arts. *''Penance'' from Nicholas Poussin's first of two ''Seven Sacraments'' painting cycles owned by the Duke of Rutland is destroyed by fire at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, England. Works * '' Cádiz Memorial'' (London) * Augustus Wall Callcott – ''The Entrance to the Pool of London'' * John James Chalon – '' Napoleon on board the Bellerophon'' * John Constable – ''Wivenhoe Park'' * Pavel Đurković – Portrait of Vuk Karadžić * Francisco Goya ** ''The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
