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Alternative names	Birth name: Giovanni Antonio Canal Pseudonym: Il Canaletto
Description	Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher
Date of birth/death	17 October 1697	10 April 1768
Location of birth/death	Venice	Venice
Work period	from 1716 until 1768
Work location	Venice (1716–1719), Rome (1719), Vienna, Dresden, Venice (1720–1746), London (circa 1746–1756), Venice (circa 1756–1768)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Westminster Bridge from the north on Lord Mayor's Day

Date

1746

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 96 cm (37.8 in). Width: 137.5 cm (54.1 in).

Current location

Yale Centre for British Art

	Native name	Yale Centre for British Art
	Location	New Haven, Connecticut, United States
	Coordinates	41° 18′ 28.51″ N, 72° 55′ 50.05″ W
	Established	1966
	Website	ycba.yale.edu

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CANALETTO

(b. 1697, Venezia, d. 1768, Venezia)

London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day 1746 Oil on canvas, 96 x 137,5 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven

Canaletto is first recorded in England in spring 1746, and his earliest paintings of London are depictions of the new Westminster Bridge, a subject he was to portray from various vantage points. The bridge was not actually completed until four years after this work was painted.

In this picture he combines a view of its whole span with a depiction of festivities, which, although tamer than the Venetian spectacles he generally painted, partially recall them. The celebrations accompanied the appointment of the new Lord Mayor of London. The largest City Barge is shown taking him to Westminster Hall, by the Abbey at the right, where he will be sworn in. The prominent building on the horizon to the left of it is St John's Church, Smith Square, and over on the other side of the river is Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury. All the other spectacular barges are those of the different city guilds (Skinners, Goldsmiths, Fishmongers, Clothworkers, Vinters, Merchant Taylors, Mercers and Dyers); a number of them are firing salutes to honour the Mayor. In order to encapsulate all of this activity within such a broad panorama Canaletto has adopted an imaginary vantage point high above the Thames.

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Author: CANALETTO Title: London: Westminster Bridge from the North on Lord Mayor's Day Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting

Type: landscape

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