Canaletto: view paintings of Venice | National Gallery

The presenter is fantastic. Such a pleasure to listen to her talk about this artist and his times

To speak fluently without a hesitation or a filler word, for 30 minutes, and in front of an audience, is very impressive.

Such a lovely speech

It’s incredible the amount you learn from these relatively short talks about different artists from the speakers. Francesca’s passion and enthusiasm is infectious. Most enjoyable.

I would love to walk through the gallery for an hour or two with this woman. I am sure I would never look at a painting the same ever again.

After watching this video, I’ll be able to enjoy this painting a lot more when I next see it 🙏🙏

What a great talk! Wonderfully interesting and eloquently delivered! Thank you Francesca and National Gallery!

The presenter is fantastic. Perfectly prepared for the presentation.He speaks fluently and to the point, he is impressive.

Very well presented by Associate Curator Franscesca Whitlum-Cooper.

Excellent presentation. Thank you for this wonderful piece about Canalleto.Many thanks from Chicago, Illinois.

Thank you x

Thanks for posting the possibility to zoom in on details of the painting. It’s indeed full of details. I can understand that Francesca find new details every time she watches the painting. So many to be seen there.

I absolutely adore these lunchtime talks. Please produce and post AS MANY as you possibly can, until there are no more works to profile. Pleaseeeeee! And thank you for all that you've already posted. Kind regards.

Thank you, to the speaker.

Thank you for this wonderful piece about Canaletto! Now i'd love to see another video where the progression to Francesco Guardi is the focus - a comparison. Commerce is really a driving force for both of these artists - and possibly all artists in Italy at the time. It meant food on the table for all those kids. So many people denigrate certain crafts today by saying - 'that's just a tourist piece' - well that's exactly what these pieces are! Guardi didn't garner fame like Canaletto did during his life, but soon after his death, northerners went bonkers for Guardi! Canaletto is like perfect poetry - well structured, clearly inspired and perfect references. But Guardi is like music - an amazing concert - a feast for the senses! How he captures an entire essay in a single brushstroke, a gesture, an entire social commentary/critique! I'd love to help on it - from across the pond - if you'd like. The National Gallery has some of the best resources to do this. I'd use one of the capriccios with the arches - where the human interactions are most evident. There is so little info in English about Guardi and Canaletto too, for that matter. Lots of it in Italian though - i learned the language just to access those.

Thanks for shairng. Francesca was brilliant.

that building on the left is just so masterfully conveyed. And those weird unassuming clouds.

Brilliant presentation on the artist Canneletto and his postion in the tradition of briliance in Landscape Painting in a global perspective of his times !

I can watch this all day long, especially this nice lady talk about these paintings. Thank you for posting.

The painting behind her is of Eton College.