About Giuseppe Canale
Lived 1725 – 1802 (aged 76–77). Giuseppe Canale was a printmaker, pedagogue, copper engraver and art educator.
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. 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.
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Who was Giuseppe Canale?
Italian painter (1725–1802)
When was Giuseppe Canale born?
Giuseppe Canale was born in 1725 in Rome.
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Giuseppe Canale died in 1802 in Dresden.
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Giuseppe Canale was a printmaker, pedagogue, copper engraver and art educator.
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