In fact, he used engravings by Canaletto for his inspiration but created his own version in color.
This was the era of Casanova's wanton memoirs and the splendid Venetian regattas and processions painted by Canaletto and Francesco Guardi.
"You're going to be compared with the laundry list of Sargent and Turner and Canaletto, " Mr. Van Doren acknowledged.
Saving Canaletto paintings for the nation and funding Oxbridge colleges are both important but not "charitable" in the popular sense of the term.
Italian artist Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768) -- better known as Canaletto -- painted the piece (seen above) while living in London in the 1740s and 1750s.
Now things have come full circle: The Diamond Jubilee pageant was partially inspired by the work "The Thames on Lord Mayor's Day" by 18th-century artist Canaletto.
Canaletto was most famous for his depictions of the lavish celebrations along the canals of his native Venice, and found a similarly festive subject during his stay in Britain.
Although Guardi is best known today as a vedutista, or view painter, the British aristocrats on their "Grand Tour" preferred the near-photographic precision of Canaletto's views to take home as souvenirs.
His first attempts emulated Canaletto's controlled brush strokes.
But Simon Dickinson's gallery in St James's is currently hung like a museum, with major works from Fra Bartolommeo to Canaletto, Gainsborough, Stubbs, Turner and Constable which have chosen to avoid a sale at auction.
In the 1750s, when he was already about 40 years old, Guardi moved into the landscape genre, perhaps taking advantage of a niche in the profitable market of foreign visitors since Canaletto had moved to England.
The Venetian Painters and the Venice of Canaletto tours from Orient-Express fly out of London in April and October for trips that include exploring the paintings and master works at the Doge's Palace and the Villa Pisani.
In contrast to the 18th-century vedutisti painters (Canaletto, Guardi and others) who capture images of Venice down to the last detail, Sargent imparts an evanescent place, where shimmering light constantly changes not just the water but even the supposedly immobile structures.
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