Oil paint on canvas
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A Greenwich River
Lent from a private collection 1997
adults
architecture
boat, rowing
boat, sailing
classical
dome
England
features
figure
Greenwich, Queen’s House
Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital
Greenwich, Royal Observatory
hospital
morning
people
periods and styles
places
public and municipal
river
River Thames
ship, sailing
society
times of the day
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>When Canaletto arrived in England in 1746, he was already well-known as ‘the famous painter of views of Venice’. He stayed for nearly a decade, his presence raising the status of landscape painting here. This view shows the riverfront at Greenwich with the Royal Naval Hospital, and the Queen’s House in the centre beyond. The imposing architecture of the hospital building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who was also responsible for the Royal Observatory which can be seen on the hill in the distance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 October 2001 – 12 December 2001
2001-12-12
12 October 2001 – 12 December 2001
2001-12-12
2001-10-12
National Maritime Museum (London, UK)
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
2001-10-12
Canaletto
Loan-out
12 July 2004 – 20 June 2005
2005-06-20
12 July 2004
2004-07-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-07-12
Portraits and Perspectives
Collection based display
19 October 2006 – 15 April 2007
2007-04-15
19 October 2006 – 31 December 2006
2006-12-31
2006-10-19
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
24 January 2007 – 15 April 2007
2007-04-15
2007-01-24
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2006-10-19
Canaletto in England; A Venetian Artist abroad,  1746 - 1755
Loan-out
14 March 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
14 March 2015 – 7 June 2015
2015-06-07
2015-03-14
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
27 June 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
2015-06-27
Holburne Museum of Art (Bath, UK)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Holburne/
22 October 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
2015-10-22
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2015-03-14
Canaletto: Celebrating Britain
Loan-out
A View of Greenwich from the River
unconfirmed: 591 × 940 mm
Lent from a private collection 1997
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<p>When Canaletto arrived in England in 1746, he was already well-known as ‘the famous painter of views of Venice’. He stayed for nearly a decade, his presence raising the status of landscape painting here. This view shows the riverfront at Greenwich with the Royal Naval Hospital, and the Queen’s House in the centre beyond. The imposing architecture of the hospital building was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who was also responsible for the Royal Observatory which can be seen on the hill in the distance.</p>
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adults architecture boat, rowing boat, sailing classical dome England features figure Greenwich, Queen’s House Greenwich, Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, Royal Observatory hospital morning people periods and styles places public and municipal river River Thames ship, sailing society times of the day townscape townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features waterfront water: inland