Canaletto’s largest painting commission coming to London

What is thought to be Canaletto’s largest single commission, of 24 Venetian paintings, will be coming to London for the first time this Spring.
Opening in April at the National Maritime Museum, the exhibition, Canaletto’s Venice Revisited, will show off some of his most famous views of Venice, and look at how the tourism that helped establish Canaletto’s career now threatens the city’s future.
At the heart of the exhibition is the complete set of twenty-four Venetian view