Warwick Castle

1748
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 644
Canaletto lived for nine years in England, where he traveled when war reduced the number of British customers visiting Venice. This view of Warwick, a Norman castle about twenty miles from Birmingham, comes from that period. It is one of several paintings and drawings commissioned from Canaletto by one of his most important English patrons and the castle’s owner, Francis Greville, Lord Brooke (1719–1773), later 1st Earl of Warwick.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Warwick Castle
  • Artist: Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 1697–1768 Venice)
  • Date: 1748
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 16 7/8 × 28 1/4 in. (42.9 × 71.8 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.141.7
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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