Luca Carlevarijs

Luca Carlevarijs
Portrait (1724) by Bartolomeo Nazari
Born
Luca Carlevaris

(1663-01-20)20 January 1663
Udine, Republic of Venice
Died12 February 1730(1730-02-12) (aged 67)
Venice, Republic of Venice
NationalityVenetian
Known forLandscape art

Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes (vedute) of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by artists such as Canaletto and Francesco Guardi.

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