{"product_id":"9781785513206","title":"Canaletto and Guardi: Views of Venice at the Wallace Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the renowned Old Master paintings at the Wallace Collection in London is an important group of 27 eighteenth-century views of Venice, known as \u003cem\u003evedute\u003c\/em\u003e, by Canaletto and his followers, including Francesco Guardi. They hang together in a dedicated gallery known as the Canaletto Room, but the majority had not been cleaned since the nineteenth century and their original beauty was obscured by multiple layers of discoloured varnish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paintings have now been restored, following a recent multi-year conservation and research project, and this book presents them in their renewed splendour. It features essays and commentaries by Charles Beddington, the global expert on \u003cem\u003evedute\u003c\/em\u003e, and by Wallace Collection curator Lelia Packer, which provide fresh insights into the artists' creative processes, the dating of pictures and their authorship.\u003cem\u003e Canaletto and Guardi\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous celebration of the beauty of Venice that these paintings convey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Beddington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46898466914453,"sku":"9781785513206","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781785513206_ff1376c3-cf86-40c0-a505-65ebdb67573e.jpg?v=1776888351","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781785513206","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}