Canaletto - Venice, Quay of the Prigioni - Venezia art postcard

Art Postcard
• Work of art title: Venice, Quiay of the Prigioni / Venezia La Riva delle Prigioni
• Artist (if known): Giovanni Antonio Canal known as Canaletto (1697-1768)
• Media or other details:  painting
• Publisher / Gallery: Ediz. Ardo / Toledo Museum of Art (USA)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp & postmark details (if relevant): Italian 55l definitive posted Venice 1970 to Somerset, UK
• Size: Modern
• Notes & condition details:

NOTES:

Size: 'Modern' is usually around 6in x 4in / 'Old Standard' is usually around 5�in x 3�in. Larger sizes mentioned, but if you need to know the exact size please ask.

All postcards are not totally new and are pre-owned. It's inevitable that older cards may show signs of ageing and use, particularly sent through the post. Any faults other than normal ageing are noted.

Stock No.:A210

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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: �1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): �2.75

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Giovanni Antonio Canal (28 October 1697 � 19 April 1768^[1]) better known as Canaletto (Italian: [kana'letto]), was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.

He was born in Venice as the son of the painter Bernardo Canal, hence his mononym Canaletto (""little Canal""), and Artemisia Barbieri. His nephew and pupil Bernardo Bellotto was also an accomplished landscape painter, with a similar painting style, and sometimes used the name ""Canaletto"" to advance his own career, particularly in countries�Germany and Poland�where his uncle was not active.

Canaletto served his apprenticeship with his father and his brother. He began in his father's occupation, that of a theatrical scene painter. Canaletto was inspired by the Roman vedutista Giovanni Paolo Pannini, and started painting the daily life of the city and its people.

After returning from Rome in 1719, he began painting in his famous topographical style.^[2] His first known signed and dated work is Architectural Capriccio (1723, Milan, in a private collection).^[1] Studying with the older Luca Carlevarijs, a moderately-talented painter of urban cityscapes,^[2][3] he rapidly became his master's equal.

In 1725, the painter Alessandro Marchesini, who was also the buyer for the Lucchese art collector Stefano Conti had inquired about buying two more 'views of Venice', when the agent informed him to consider instead the work of ""Antonio Canale... it is like Carlevaris, but you can see the sun shining in it.""^[4]