Canaletto : [... published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 30 October 1989-21 January 1990

In this reissue of the second revised edition published in 1994, the author's study of the artist has become well known. Admired for its comprehensive, meticulous scholarship and for its combination of lucidity and elegance. Fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), The Painter Extraordinaire Of Venice Who Was Known As Canaletto, Is The Subject Of This Exhibition Catalog From A Recent Show At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art. It Brings Together A Wealth Of Paintings And Drawings Avidly Collected In His Day By The English Aristocracy And, Especially With Regard To Those Assembled From The Royal Collection Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ii, Generally Unseen Before In This Country. Canaletto : A Biographical Sketch / J.g. Links -- Canaletto As Artist Of The Urban Scene / Michael Levey -- The Taste For Canaletto / Francis Haskell -- Fantasy And Reality In Canaletto's Drawings / Alessandro Bettagno -- The Development Of Canaletto's Painting Technique / Viola Pemberton-pigott. Katharine Baetjer And J.g. Links ; Essays By J.g. Links ... [et Al.]. Catalog Of An Exhibition Held At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York From Oct. 30, 1989 To Jan. 21, 1990. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 371-372) And Index. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from Oct. 30, 1989 to Jan. 31, 1990.