Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes (''

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by artists such as

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 ...

and Francesco Guardi.

Life and work

Carlevarijs was born in

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. He was also known as 'Luca Casanobrio' or 'Luca di Ca Zenobri', for his patronage by the latter family. He worked principally in Venice, where he also died. His daughter, Marianna Carlevarijs (1703 - 1750) learned the art of pastel portraiture from

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. Carlevarijs visited Rome. Here he was influenced by the Dutch painter Caspar van Wittel (often called Vanvitelli), who was a long-term resident of Rome. Van Wittel was the pioneer of the genre of vedute of Rome. Carlevarijs then started to create ''

'' of Venice, which are among the earliest Baroque depictions of the city. He painted landscapes, sea-pieces and perspective views. His works included cityscapes with a topological interest as well as imaginary landscapes with ruins. He completed over a hundred etchings of views in Venice, which give an exact representation of the principal places in that city. The painters

, Francesco Guardi and Antonio Visentini are said to have been influenced by his work or even have been his pupils. His paintings and his set of 104 etched views of Venice, which were published in 1703, were the foundation on which Canaletto and Guardi built. Johan Richter collaborated with him. He also collaborated with specialist figure painters who added the staffage into his landscapes or cityscapes.Luca Carlevarijs (Udine 1663-Venice 1730), ''A Seaport with a Fountain and Ruins''
at the Royal Collection He worked mostly in

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Gallery

Luca Carlevarijs - The Sea Custom House with San Giorgio Maggiore (detail) - WGA4224.jpg, Custom House with

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Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

and

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Rialto Bridge The Rialto Bridge ( it, Ponte di Rialto; vec, Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the ' (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its fi ...

Luca Carlevarijs - Palazzo Coccina on the Grand Canal - WGA04238.jpg, Palazzo Coccina Luca Carlevarijs - Santa Maria della Carità - WGA4239.jpg, Santa Maria della Carita, Venice

Sources

* * Aldo Rizzi, ''Disegni incisioni e bozzetti del Carlevarijs'', Doretti - Udine 1963 * Aldo Rizzi, ''Luca Carlevarijs'', Alfieri - Venice 1967 * Aldo Rizzi, ''I maestri della pittura veneta del '700'', Electa - Milano 1973 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlevarijs, Luca 1663 births 1730 deaths People from Udine 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Italian vedutisti Landscape artists Painters from Venice 17th-century Venetian people 18th-century Venetian people 18th-century Italian male artists