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  In 1763 Canaletto was finally elected to the Venetian Academy, having been passed over earlier in the same year in favour of two relatively unimportant artists — doubtless on the grounds that he was a view painter and therefore judged inferior to history or figure painters.

  The artist last attended a meeting of the Academy on 23 August 1767. He died of fever on 10 April 1768 and was buried at S. Lio, where he had been baptised. He left twenty-eight “medium and small” pictures, of which little are known, some old clothes and the most modest household goods. He had scarcely any money in cash, though he still owned the property he had bought for 2150 ducats during his 1751 visit to Venice from London. For a careful bachelor, this was not a great deal after forty-five years of successful painting at prices so many complained were too high.

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  The companion piece: ‘Piazza San Marco: Looking East from the North-West Corner’, c. 1760,

  National Gallery, London

  The Paintings

  Palazzo Smith Mangilli Valmarana — the Venetian home of Canaletto’s most important patron, Joseph Smith

  THE COLLECTED PAINTINGS

  Canaletto’s collected paintings are presented in chronological order and divided into decade sections, with an alphabetical table of contents following immediately after.

  CONTENTS

  1720’s

  San Cristoforo, San Michele, and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, Venice

  Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, Venice

  Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio

  The Piazza San Marco in Venice

  Venice: The Canale di S. Chiari towards the Lagoon

  Venice: The Piazetta towards Santa Maria della Salute

  Venice: The Piazzetta towards S. Giorgio Maggiore

  Grand Canal: Looking Northeast from near the Palazzo Corner Spinelli to the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal: Looking North from near the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal: the Rialto Bridge from the North

  SS. Giovanni e Paulo and the Scuola de San Marco

  The Stonemason’s Yard

  Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità

  The Bacino di San Marco, Venice, Seen from the Giudecca

  Venice: The Grand Canal from the Rialto to the Palazzo Foscari

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Foscari to the Carità

  The Reception of the French Ambassador Jacques-Vincent Languet, Compte de Gergy, at the Doge’s Palace

  Sluice Gates at Dolo

  Venice: S. Geremia and the Entrance to the Cannaregio

  Venice: The Grand Canal Looking North from the Rialto

  Venice: The Grand Canal with the Scalzi and S. Simione Piccoli

  Venice: The Rialto Bridge from the North

  Venice: The Grand Canal from Campo S. Vio Towards the Bacino

  Venice: The Grand Canal from the Campo San Vio

  Venice: The Grand Canal from the Carità towards the Bacino

  Venice: The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Vendramin Calergi towards S. Geremia

  The Bucintoro by the Molo on Ascension Day

  Piazza San Marco

  Reception of the Imperial Ambassador at the Doge’s Palace

  Venice: Piazza San Marco from a Corner of the Basilica

  Venice: Piazza San Marco towards S. Geminiano

  Venice: Piazza San Marco with the Basilica and Campanile

  Venice: The Piazzetta towards the Torre dell Olorogio

  1730’s

  The Bacino di San Marco: Looking North

  Campo Santa Maria Formosa

  The Dogana in Venice

  Fonteghetto della Farina

  The Grand Canal and the Church Santa Maria della Salute

  The Grand Canal from the Salute towards the Carità

  Piazza San Marco with the Basilica

  Venice: The Grand Canal from the Salute towards the Carità

  Venice: The Grand Canal with S. Maria della Salute Towards the Riva degli Schiavoni

  View of the Molo in Venice

  Campo Sant’ Angelo

  Entrance to the Arsenal

  Venice: The Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day

  Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal

  Arrival of the French Ambassador at the Doge’s Palace

  Campo San Rocco

  The Doge’s Palace with the Piazza di San Marco

  The Molo, Venice

  Feast Day of San Rocco

  Fonteghetto della Farina, Venice

  Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal

  Venice: The Interior of San Marco by Night

  View of the Grand Canal, Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

  A View of the Rialto, Venice

  Bacino di San Marco

  Bacino di San Marco, Venice

  The Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to Campo san Marcuola

  Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

  Venice, a View of Piazza San Marco Looking East Towards the Basilica

  Venice: The Doge’s Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni

  Venice, the Grand Canal Looking North-East from the Palazzo Dolphin-Manin to the Rialto Bridge

  View of Campo Santi Apostoli

  1740’s

  A Caprice: View with Ruins

  Piazza San Marco

  Piazza San Marco, Looking Towards San Geminiano

  Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace from the Bacino di San Marco

  A Regatta on the Grand Canal

  Rialto Bridge from the South

  Venice: A Caprice View with a Pointed Arch

  Venice, Santa Maria della Salute

  Venice: The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day

  Venice: The Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo

  Venice: The Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo

  Arch of Constantine

  The Arch of Septimius Severus

  Arch of Titus

  Molo Looking Towards the Zecca with the Column of Saint Theodore

  Porta Portello, Padua

  Rome: Ruins of the Forum looking Towards the Capitol

  Rome: The Pantheon

  Caprice View of the Molo and the Doge’s Palace

  Rome: View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine

  The Colleoni Monument in a Caprice Setting

  Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice

  The Grand Canal with S.Maria della Salute towards the Riva degli Schiavoni

  An Island in the Lagoon with a Gateway and a Church

  Venice: Capriccio With the Four Horses From the Cathedral of San Marco

  Venice: Caprice View of the Courtyard of the Doge’s Palace with the Scala dei Giganti

  Venice: Caprice View with a Palladio Design for the Rialto

  Venice: The Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore

  Venice: The Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca

  Venice: The Piazza and Piazzetta from the Torre dell Orologio towards S. Giorgio Maggiore

  Venice: The Piazza from the Piazzetta with the Campanile and Side of S. Marco

  The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day

  The entrance to the Grand Canal at the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute

  View of a River, Perhaps in Padua

  The Mole with Santa Maria della Salute

  Venice, the Riva degli Schiavoni

  View the Arch of Constantine with the Coliseum

  Capriccio of the Rialto Bridge with the Lagoon Beyond

  The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House

  The Thames with St. Paul’s Cathedral

  Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor’s Day

  The Chapel of Eton College

  London Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge

  Warwick Castle

  South Façade of Warwick Castle

  Westminster Abbey with a Procession of Knights of t
he Bath

  Windsor Castle

  London: the Old Horse Guards and Banqueting Hall, from St James’s Park

  London: The Old Horseguards from St. James Park

  1750’s

  The Canale di Santa Chiari

  The Grand Canale from the Palazzo Foscari

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Dolfin

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Flangini

  The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and Fondaco dei Tedeschi

  Chelsea from the Thames at Battersea Reach

  Alnwick Castle

  London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards the City

  London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards Westminster

  Warwick Castle, the East Front

  Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames

  Northumberland House

  A View of Greenwich from the River

  English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace

  The Interior of the Rotunda, Ranelagh, London

  The Rotunda of Ranelagh House

  A Sluice on a River with a Chapel

  St. Paul’s Cathedral

  Venice, Bacino di San Marco on Ascension Day

  A View of Walton Bridge

  Old Walton Bridge

  Piazza San Marco - Looking South-West

  Capriccio of a Renaissance Triumphal Arch seen from the Portico of a Palace

  Capriccio of a Round Church with an Elaborate Gothic Portico in a Piazza, a Palladian Piazza and a Gothic Church Beyond

  Night-time Celebration Outside the Church of San Pietro di Castello

  Grand Canal from the Campo Santa Sofia towards the Rialto Bridge

  Interior Court of the Doge’s Palace, Venice

  Piazza San Marco, Looking East from the Southwest Corner

  St Mark’s, Venice

  Landscape with Ruins

  Landscape with Ruins

  1760’s

  Campo di Rialto

  Campo di Rialto

  Piazza San Marco, Looking East

  Piazza San Marco Looking South and West

  Lock near Dolo

  Perspective View with Portico

  Scala dei Giganti

  Venice: Palazzo Grimani

  The Women’s Regatta on the Grand Canal

  Santa Maria Zobenigo

  Undated Paintings

  Venice: The Grand Canal Towards the Bacino, with S. Maria della Salute

  View Towards Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove

  Church of La Salute, Venice

  Grand Canal, Venice

  Grand Canal, Venice

  The Interior of Henry VII’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey

  Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South

  San Giacomo de Rialto

  Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco

  View of Rome: The Piazza del Campidoglio and the Cordonata

  View of the Doge’s Palace in Venice

  Basilica di Vecenza and the Ponte de Rialto

  Capriccio of the Grand Canal with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings

  Grand Canal from the Palazzo Balbi

  Grand Canal: Looking Northeast from the Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal near the Campo San Vio, Looking Towards the Church of Santa Maria della Salute

  London: Whitehall and the Privy Garden looking North

  ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS

  CONTENTS

  A Caprice: View with Ruins

  A Regatta on the Grand Canal

  A Sluice on a River with a Chapel

  A View of Greenwich from the River

  A View of the Rialto, Venice

  A View of Walton Bridge

  Alnwick Castle

  An Island in the Lagoon with a Gateway and a Church

  Arch of Constantine

  Arch of Titus

  Arrival of the French Ambassador at the Doge’s Palace

  Bacino di San Marco

  Bacino di San Marco, Venice

  Basilica di Vecenza and the Ponte de Rialto

  Campo di Rialto

  Campo di Rialto

  Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità

  Campo San Rocco

  Campo Sant’ Angelo

  Campo Santa Maria Formosa

  Capriccio of a Renaissance Triumphal Arch seen from the Portico of a Palace

  Capriccio of a Round Church with an Elaborate Gothic Portico in a Piazza, a Palladian Piazza and a Gothic Church Beyond

  Capriccio of the Grand Canal with an Imaginary Rialto Bridge and Other Buildings

  Capriccio of the Rialto Bridge with the Lagoon Beyond

  Caprice View of the Molo and the Doge’s Palace

  Chelsea from the Thames at Battersea Reach

  Church of La Salute, Venice

  English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace

  Entrance to the Arsenal

  Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice

  Feast Day of San Rocco

  Fonteghetto della Farina

  Fonteghetto della Farina, Venice

  Grand Canal from the Campo Santa Sofia towards the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal from the Palazzo Balbi

  Grand Canal near the Campo San Vio, Looking Towards the Church of Santa Maria della Salute

  Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio

  Grand Canal, Venice

  Grand Canal, Venice

  Grand Canal: Looking North from near the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal: Looking Northeast from near the Palazzo Corner Spinelli to the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal: Looking Northeast from the Palazzo Balbi to the Rialto Bridge

  Grand Canal: the Rialto Bridge from the North

  Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames

  Interior Court of the Doge’s Palace, Venice

  Landscape with Ruins

  Landscape with Ruins

  Lock near Dolo

  London Seen Through an Arch of Westminster Bridge

  London: the Old Horse Guards and Banqueting Hall, from St James’s Park

  London: The Old Horseguards from St. James Park

  London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards the City

  London: The Thames from Somerset House Terrace towards Westminster

  London: Whitehall and the Privy Garden looking North

  Molo Looking Towards the Zecca with the Column of Saint Theodore

  Night-time Celebration Outside the Church of San Pietro di Castello

  Northumberland House

  Old Walton Bridge

  Perspective View with Portico

  Piazza San Marco

  Piazza San Marco

  Piazza San Marco - Looking South-West

  Piazza San Marco Looking South and West

  Piazza San Marco with the Basilica

  Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, Venice

  Piazza San Marco, Looking East

  Piazza San Marco, Looking East from the Southwest Corner

  Piazza San Marco, Looking Towards San Geminiano

  Piazzetta and the Doge’s Palace from the Bacino di San Marco

  Porta Portello, Padua

  Reception of the Imperial Ambassador at the Doge’s Palace

  Regatta on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

  Rialto Bridge from the South

  Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South

  Rome: Ruins of the Forum looking Towards the Capitol

  Rome: The Pantheon

  Rome: View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine

  San Cristoforo, San Michele, and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove, Venice

  San Giacomo de Rialto

  Santa Maria Zobenigo

  Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco

  Scala dei Giganti

  Sluice Gates at Dolo

  South Façade of Warwick Castle

  SS. Giovanni e Paulo and the Scuola de San Marco

  St Mark’
s, Venice

  St. Paul’s Cathedral

  The Arch of Septimius Severus

  The Bacino di San Marco, Venice, Seen from the Giudecca

  The Bacino di San Marco: Looking North

  The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day

  The Bucintoro by the Molo on Ascension Day

  The Canale di Santa Chiari

  The Chapel of Eton College

  The Colleoni Monument in a Caprice Setting

  The Dogana in Venice

  The Doge’s Palace with the Piazza di San Marco

  The entrance to the Grand Canal at the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute

  The Grand Canal and the Church Santa Maria della Salute

  The Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to Campo san Marcuola

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Dolfin

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Flangini

  The Grand Canal from the Palazzo Foscari to the Carità

  The Grand Canal from the Salute towards the Carità

  The Grand Canal with S.Maria della Salute towards the Riva degli Schiavoni

  The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge and Fondaco dei Tedeschi

  The Grand Canale from the Palazzo Foscari

  The Interior of Henry VII’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey

  The Interior of the Rotunda, Ranelagh, London

  The Mole with Santa Maria della Salute

  The Molo, Venice

  The Piazza San Marco in Venice

  The Reception of the French Ambassador Jacques-Vincent Languet, Compte de Gergy, at the Doge’s Palace

  The Rotunda of Ranelagh House

  The Stonemason’s Yard

  The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House

  The Thames with St. Paul’s Cathedral

  The Women’s Regatta on the Grand Canal