An 18th Century Canaletto painting is to go on show in a "very exciting" display later this year, a gallery has said. Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto, was from Venice, Italy, and ...

Ferens Art Gallery said the painting was the fifth and final work loaned to the gallery as part of a partnership with Royal Collection Trust, which started in 2017.

Souvenirs of these events were extremely popular with foreign visitors, with many British tourists paying a visit to Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice, and a collector and dealer of books and art ...

And Canaletto, never mind his rivals, might have ended up sketching caricatures on the banks of the Grand Canal like every other struggling artist. “Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals,” which comes to ...

These works were bought by the young George III in 1762 from Canaletto's agent and dealer Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice, along with the rest of Smith's huge collection.The exhibition presents ...