Giuseppe Canale
Illustration — Engraving of Paris and Oenone by Giuseppe Canale, based on the painting by Jacob van Loo, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, 1780 Giuseppe Canale (1725–1802) was an Italian designer and engraver. He was born in Rome, the son of Antonio Canale. He was instructed in engraving by Jacob Frey, and also frequented the school of the Cavalière Marco Benefial.
Also recorded as Joseph Canale · Josephe Canale
Giuseppe Canale
Giuseppe Canale · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1725 · Rome.
- Died
- 1802 · Dresden.
- Occupation
- printmaker · pedagogue · copper engraver · art educator
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In 1751 he was invited to Dresden to assist in engraving plates for the pictures in their Gallery, and was appointed engraver to the Court. He completed the following prints: • Portrait of Maria Mattia Perini after Benefial • Portrait of Maria Antonia, Electress Dowager of Saxony after a self-portrait drawing • Portrait of Archbishop Bonaventura Barberini • Portrait of Maria Josephina, Queen of Poland • Portrait of Prince Xavier of Saxony • Sepulchral Monument of Cardinal Spinola • Philosopher; after Jusepe Ribera • The Glory after Domenichino • Sibyl after Angelica Kauffman • Paris & Oenone after Van Loo • Adam and Eve driven from Paradise after Albani • Christ & St. John after Adrian Van der Werf • Christ appearing to St. Thomas after Mattia Preti finished by Jacque Firmin Beauvarlet • Turkish Woman and Spring after Dietrich.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden. Work by Giuseppe Canale is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery and Print Collection.
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Giuseppe Canale appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names as an educationalist, “Kunsterzieher”, copperplate engraver, draughtsman and printmaker (1725 – 1802). The birth of Giuseppe Canale is recorded in 1725, and the death in 1802. Giuseppe Canale was born in Rome, Italy, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Giuseppe Canale died in Dresden, Germany, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Etching by G. Canale, 1775., 1775, by Giuseppe Canale
Giuseppe Canale · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Etching attributed to G. Canale., by Giuseppe Canale
Giuseppe Canale · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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