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Canaletto: London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames

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Alternative names	Birth name: Giovanni Antonio Canal pseudonym: Il Canaletto
Description	Italian painter, etcher and drawer
Date of birth/death	7 October 1697 / 17 October 1697 / 18 October 1697 / 1697	19 April 1758 / 10 April 1768 / 19 April 1768 / 20 April 1768 / 1768
Location of birth/death	Venice	Venice
Work period	from 1716 until 1768 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1716-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1768-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Venice (1716–1719), Rome (1719), Vienna, Dresden, Venice (1720–1746), London (circa 1746–1756), Venice (circa 1756–1768)
Authority file	: Q182664 VIAF: 88652637 ISNI: 0000000121428397 ULAN: 500115269 LCCN: n79065963 NLA: 36246904 WorldCat

Title

English: London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames

Object type

painting

Genre

Veduta

Date

circa 1753

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 66 cm (25.9 in); width: 112.5 cm (44.2 in)

Collection

National Maritime Museum

	Native name	National Maritime Museum
	Parent institution	Royal Museums Greenwich
	Location	Greenwich, London, England
	Coordinates	51° 28′ 51.96″ N, 0° 00′ 20″ W
	Established	1937
	Website	Royal Museums Greenwich
	Authority file	: Q1199924 VIAF: 153531318 ISNI: 000000040426429X LCCN: n80126325 GND: 1049610-5 SUDOC: 028465725 WorldCat

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Royal Museums Greenwich

Accession number

BHC1827 (Royal Museums Greenwich)

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CANALETTO

(b. 1697, Venezia, d. 1768, Venezia)

London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames c. 1753 Oil on canvas, 66 x 112,5 cm National Maritime Museum, London

The Royal Hospital at Greenwich was completed in 1752, over half a century after it was begun. Canaletto painted this depiction of it soon afterwards. It shows the view, which has altered little, through the centre of the hospital complex to the Queen's House, and on towards the Royal Observatory at the top of the hill beyond.

Canaletto has created a slightly 'wide angle' effect by combining what can be seen of the hospital from two separate viewpoints which are set a little way apart on the near side of the Thames. He has slightly broken the potential symmetry of the composition by studying the buildings from a little left of centre. In addition, the monotony of the river is relieved by the considerable variety of craft that is travelling up and down it, and also by the unrelenting verticals and horizontals of the design which are countered by the bold diagonal of the mast of the ship grounded at the right.

The river and architecture were established first by the artist, and the boats then painted over the top; it is just possible to see the buildings through the sails of the boat to the left of the centre of the picture.

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Author: CANALETTO Title: London: Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting

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