The Magical Light of Venice Eighteenth Century View Paintings The Magical Light of Venice Eighteenth Century View Paintings The Magical Light of Venice Eighteenth Century View Paintings Lampronti Gallery - London 30 November 2017 - 15 January 2018 10.00 - 18.00 pm Catalogue edited by Acknowledgements Marcella di Martino Alexandra Concordia, Barbara Denipoti, the staff of Itaca Transport and staff of Simon Jones Superfright Photography Mauro Coen Matthew Hollow Designed and printed by De Stijl Art Publishing, Florence 2017 www.destijlpublishing.it LAMPRONTI GALLERY 44 Duke Street, St James’s London SW1Y 6DD Via di San Giacomo 22 00187 Roma On the cover:
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[email protected] of France with the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain at the French Embassy in www.cesarelampronti.com Venice in 1745, detail. his exhibition brings together a fine selection of Vene- earlier models through their liveliness of vision and master- T tian cityscapes, romantic canals and quality of light ful execution. which have never been represented with greater sensitivity Later nineteenth-century painters such as Bison and Zanin or technical brilliance than during the wondrous years of reveal the profound influence that Canaletto and his rivals the eighteenth century. had upon future generations of artists. The culture of reci- The masters of vedutismo – Canaletto, Marieschi, Bellot- procity between the Italian Peninsula and England during to and Guardi – are all included here, represented by key the Grand Siècle, epitomised by the relationship between works that capture the essence and sheer splendour of Canaletto and Joseph Consul Smith, is a key aspect of the Venice.