A capriccio with an imaginary Rialto bridge and other buildings (after 1744, National Gallery, Parma, Italy)

This is one of the capriccios that were prepared for Smith, the art merchant who was Canaletto's mentor.

Most of the buildings are imaginary although the one on the immediate left looks like the St. Angel's Castle in Rome. Canaletto lived in Rome in his early professional years. The "Rialto" bridge is totally redesigned; Canaletto may have wanted to build an ideal town, mixing existing and non existing buildings. Capriccio's paintings can not be dated exactly as landmarks are not easily traceable.

As is the case throughout this collection,  the ceramics master reproduces the painting with extreme care using colours that are just beautiful and that well compare with the original painting (our master viewed some of Canaletto masterpieces and studied his work before undertaking this task). It must be considered that some of Canaletto canvasses have lost their original shine after 400 years.

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