From Venice, he was the greatest Italian Rococo painter; his style founded on the manner of the High Renaissance. 

Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi was an 18th C Venetian painter famed for his small scale genre works, representing the trend to the "private and the bourgeois" Popular for their charm and seeming naivete, though with a trace of gentle irony; his paintings have a Rococo...

Rosalba Carriera Rosalba Carriera, was an 18th C, Venetian Rococo painter; first specialising in miniatures and later finding fame with portraits in pastel.  She was best known for her innovative approach to pastels, which had previously been used for informal...

Francesco Lazzaro Guardi Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (1712-1793), was a prolific 18th Italian painter, of noble family and member of the Venetian School. He is celebrated second only to Canaletto, in his production of view paintings and among the last practitioners;...

Giovanni Antonio Canal Giovanni Antonio Canal, aka Canaletto (1697-1768) was a Venetian artist; considered an important member of the 18th century Venetian school. His huge body of work in oil on canvas, drawings and prints from etchings, included precisely depicted...