Canaletto
Early Life, Family and Training Giovanni Antonio Canal, known to many as Canaletto, was born in Venice, Italy, on October 18, 1697. He grew up in a house where the lines of perspective and the illusion of space were part of daily life. His father, …
A portrait built from Canaletto's own colours
Every 100 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.