ROME EXHIBITIONS AT PALAZZO GIUSTINIANI
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Running Exhibition till June 19th 2005
"CANALETTO"
Republic Senate Seat, ROMA

An exhibition has been opened at Palazzo Giustiniani which is devoted to Antonio Canal called Canaletto (1697-1768). His confidential and typical nickname "Canaletto" first appears in the 1726 letters and even though he will use it only later on in the Fourties, it will be present in all the subsequent documents. Since its very beginning, his art gets inspiration from the Roman ruins painted by Viviano Codazzi and Giovanni Ghisolfi, from the '' bamboccianti'', Sweerts, Van Laer, Miel, Cerquozzi, and probably from the contemporary artist Panini and from the Vedutism of Gaspar Van Wittel. We find works coming from public and private European, American and Australian collections from the London and Washington National Gallery,from the New York Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne; a good opportunity to gather and compare works never exhibited before in Italy. The works present at the exhibition show the similarities with Piazzetta, the young Tiepolo, Bencovich and above all Marco Ricci, even if his syle stands out for its accuracy and perspective rigorousness , for the bright and clear luminosity that make him one of the most important figures of XVIII century Vedutism. On behalf of his patron and major collectionist Joseph Smith, who will later become consul, he made about 40 paintings, as many drawings and some prints which represent many of his best works produced in 1740, introducing new lagoon and hill motifs of the towns of Mestre, Dolo, Padova and of the surrounding areas, Roman landscapes and of ruins. During the same period he began etching under the guidance of the painters-etchers Rembrandt and Castiglione, as shown in the landscape tableaux. Canaletto will be appreciated not only in iltaly but also abroad and in particular by English aristocrats, as demonstrated by his stay in London and by the paintings for the Duke of Northumberland, Francis Greville, Lord Brooke, the Duke of Beaufort, the prince of Lobkowicz and for the intellectual Thomas Hollis. Canaletto died in 1768 in his house in San Lio.

Opening hours: Every day from Sunday to Wednesday from 9.30 a.m. to 19.30 (last entrance at 18.30); from Thursday to saturday from 9.30 to 21.00 (last entrance at 20.00). The exhibition is open on March, 28, April, 25 , May,1, June, 2.
Tickets: full price 9 €; reduced 8 € for groups of at least 15 people, under 18 and over 65 years old, special conventions holders; reduced € 5 for schools; free: under 6 years old, desabled with guide, two teachers per classroom, journalists with badge.
Phone: 06.67063451