Giovanni Antonio Canal's Timeline
To better follow the development of the artist Canaletto, his art and the influences he made on the XVIII century artistic scene, here is a timeline, which will be continuously updated.
1697 |
On October 18, Giovanni Antonio Canal, the Canaletto, the second son of Bernardo Canal and Artemisia Barbieri is born |
1716-1717 |
Canaletto and his brother Cristoforo move with their father to Rome, to create the sceneries of plays by Antonio Vivaldi (L’Arsilda regina di Ponto - l’Incoronazione di Dario), Fortunato Chelleri (Penelope la Casta) at the Teatro Sant’Angelo, Giovanni Porta (L’Argippo), Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (Antigona) and Carlo Pollarolo (Farnace) at the Teatro Tron di San Cassiano |
1718 |
On April 30 Canaletto's sister Fiorenza Domenica (1700-1781) marries Lorenzo Antonio Bellotto (ca. 1696-ante 1768), working in an important Notary Public studio in Venice. Their sons Bernardo and Pietro Bellotto will become painters too |
1718 |
On November 11 Bernardo Canal signs a procurement to his older brother Cristoforo Canal (ca. 1667-1724) so he can take care of the family business in Venice, since he is planning to move to Rome for some time |
1719-1720 |
Bernardo Canal and his two sons Cristoforo and Antonio go again to Rome to create the scenes for two plays by Alessandro Scarlatti (Tito Sempronio Gracco - Turno Aricino) |
1720 |
Canaletto is back to Venice and starts analyzing the emotions he had received from the view paintings he got in contact with in Rome, and starts painting full-time Roman landscapes and Capricci |
1722-1723 |
Canaletto makes paintings for the future British consul and patron Joseph Smith with paintings that are sent to England |
1725-1726 |
The Dutch businessman Owen McSwiney becomes Canaletto's main buyer: from here on the contact with the British world becomes fundamental for his work |
1740 |
On account of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), Canaletto's market is highly reduced because of a drastic reduction in visitors to Venice |
1746 |
Canaletto decides to move to London, with a presentation letter by the Duke of Richmond, already his client |
1750 |
Canaletto goes back to Venice and there stays for 8 months, to take care of hi business there | 1755 |
Canaletto ends his British residency and comes back to Venice. He starts painting more Capricci, sometimes required by the German merchant Sigismund Streit |
1763 |
Canaletto is finally admitted to the Accademia Veneziana di Pittura e Scultura |
1768 |
On April 19 Giovanni Antonio Canal dies of a bladder infection in his home in Venice, in the district of San Lio |
