Venice born artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (better known as Canaletto) is renowned for painting magnificent views of his home city.
In his own lifetime, he was rarely out of work as an artist - and in fact, he was a particular favourite amongst wealthy English tourists, who would travel to Venice often as part of a wider “grand tour” of Europe. (With ot…
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