March 4, 2025
Martedì Grasso

May 3, 2018
Catch if You Can: Canaletto, 1697-1768

January 1, 2018
Veduta painter Francesco Guardi died on 1 January 1793.

October 5, 2017
Veduta painter Francesco Guardi was born on 5 October 1712 in Venice.

June 26, 2017
Italian painter, engraver, architect, and theorist Antonio Visentini died on this day – June 26th – in 1782 in his hometown of Venice.

November 17, 2016
Painter Bernardo Bellotto Died on 17 November 1780 in Warsaw.

February 12, 2016
Known as the father of Italian vedute (views), Luca Carlevaris died on 12 February 1730 in Venice, the city stimulated his artistry and brought him renown.

January 13, 2016
philamuseum : The Italian artist Canaletto was famous for his views of Venice, such as this one.

March 10, 2014
tierradentro : Canaletto ’s Venice mapped to Google Street View.

November 21, 2013
The church of Santa Maria della Salute was constructed as a votive offering to the Virgin Mary to end the plague of 1630 that killed about a third of the Venetian population.

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