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CANALETTO: London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House

CANALETTO
🖼 London: The Thames and the City of London from Richmond House, 1747
Oil on canvas
105 × 117.5 cm

Golden light bathes the Thames as boats punctuate the river, with London's skyline rendered in meticulous architectural detail. Canaletto's veduta documents eighteenth-century urban grandeur, establishing the cityscape genre while capturing a precise moment of imperial prosperity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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