Antonio Canal, who was an Italian landscaper, was nicknamed Canaletto after his father, Bernardo Canal.
He began to work in his father’s studio, who was a set designer, and he learnt perspective with Luca Carlevaris. In 1719, he went to Rome, where he was influenced by the Flemish landscapers that were working there and by Gian Paolo Pannini.
Between 1721 and 1722...
