mitations. He was surrounded by painters whose whole ambition
was limited to copying him. Among these were Marieschi, Visentini,
Colombini, besides others now forgotten. More than fifty of his finest
works were bought by Smith for George III. and fill a room at Windsor.
He was made a member of the Academy at Dresden, and Bruhl, the Prime
Minister of the Elector, obtained from him twenty-one works which now
adorn the gallery there. Canale died in Venice, where he had lived
nearly all his life, and where his gondola-studio was a familiar object
in the Piazzetta, at the Lido, or anchored in the long canals.

His nephew, Bernardo Belotto, is often also called Canaletto, and it
seems that both uncle and nephew were equally known by the diminutive.
Belotto, too, went to Rome early in his career, where he attached
himself to Panini, a painter of classic ruins, peopled with warriors and
shepherds. He was, by all accounts, full of vanity and self-importance,
and on a visit to Germany managed to acquire the title of Count, which
he adhered to with great complacency. He travelled all over Italy
looking for patronage, and was very eager to find the road to success
and fortune. About the same time as his uncle, he paid a visit to London
and was patronised by Horace Walpole, but in the full tide of success
he was summoned to Dresden, where the Elector, disappointed at not
having secured the services of the uncle, was fain to console himself
with those of the nephew. The extravagant and profligate Augustus II.,
whose one idea was to extract money by every possible means from his
subjects, in order to adorn his palaces, was consistently devoted to
Belotto, who was in his element as a Court painter. He paints all his
uncle's subjects, and it is not always easy to distinguish between the
two; but his paintings are dull and stiff as compared with those of
Canale, though he is sometimes fine in colour, and many of his views are
admirably drawn.

SOME WORKS OF CANALE

It is impossible to draw up any exhaustive list, so many being in
private collections.

Dresden. The Grand Canal; Campo S. Giacomo; Piazza S. Marco;
Church and Piazza of SS. Giovanni and Paolo.
Florence. The Piazzetta.
Hampton Court. The Colosseum.
London. Scuola di San Rocco; Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh;
S. Pietro in Castello, Venice.
Paris. Louvre: Church of S. Maria della Salute.
Venice. Heading; Courtyard of a Palace.