Luca Carlevarijs
{{short description|Italian painter and engraver (1663–1730)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Luca Carlevarijs
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| caption = Portrait (1724) by Bartolomeo Nazari
| birth_name = Luca Carlevaris
| birth_date = {{birth date|1663|1|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Udine, Republic of Venice
| death_date = {{death date and age|1730|2|12|1663|1|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Venice, Republic of Venice
| nationality = Venetian
| known_for = Landscape art
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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.John Wilson. "Carlevaris, Luca." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 14 April 2016
Life and work
Carlevarijs was born in Udine. He was also known as 'Luca Casanobrio' or 'Luca di Ca Zenobri', for his patronage by the latter family. He worked principally in Venice, where he also died. His daughter,
Marianna Carlevarijs (1703 - 1750) learned the art of pastel portraiture from Rosalba Carriera.[http://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/ritratto-di-sconosciuto/ Pinacoteca Brera], Portrait of an unknown man (1737).
Carlevarijs visited Rome. Here he was influenced by the Dutch painter Caspar van Wittel (often called Vanvitelli), who was a long-term resident of Rome. Van Wittel was the pioneer of the genre of vedute of Rome. Carlevarijs then started to create vedute of Venice, which are among the earliest Baroque depictions of the city.
He painted landscapes, sea-pieces and perspective views. His works included cityscapes with a topological interest as well as imaginary landscapes with ruins. He completed over a hundred etchings of views in Venice, which give an exact representation of the principal places in that city.[https://venetostoria.com/2016/03/20/venezia-riceve-in-pompa-magna-il-cardinale-cesare-destrees-uno-spaccato-offerto-da-carnevarijs/ Venezia Riceve In Pompa Magna Il Cardinale Cesare D’estrees uno spaccato offerto da Carnevarijs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423215411/https://venetostoria.com/2016/03/20/venezia-riceve-in-pompa-magna-il-cardinale-cesare-destrees-uno-spaccato-offerto-da-carnevarijs/ |date=2016-04-23 }}{{in lang|it}}
The painters Canaletto, Francesco Guardi and Antonio Visentini are said to have been influenced by his work or even have been his pupils. His paintings and his set of 104 etched views of Venice, which were published in 1703, were the foundation on which Canaletto and Guardi built.{{Art UK bio|ref=1}} Johan Richter collaborated with him. He also collaborated with specialist figure painters who added the staffage into his landscapes or cityscapes.[https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/401098/a-seaport-with-a-fountain-and-ruins Luca Carlevarijs (Udine 1663-Venice 1730), A Seaport with a Fountain and Ruins] at the Royal Collection He worked mostly in Venice.
Gallery
Luca Carlevarijs - The Sea Custom House with San Giorgio Maggiore (detail) - WGA4224.jpg|Custom House with San Giorgio Maggiore
Luca Carlevarijs - The Sea Custom House with San Giorgio Maggiore - WGA4223.jpg|Custom House with San Giorgio Maggiore
Luca Carlevarijs - The Wharf, Looking toward the Doge's Palace - WGA04227.jpg|Doge's Palace and Riva degli Schiavoni
Luca Carlevaris - The Reception of Cardinal César d'Estrées.jpg|Reception of the French ambassador
Luca Carlevarijs - Venice - A View of the Molo - WGA04234.jpg|{{center|View of Molo}}
Carlevarijs, Luca - Riva degli Schiavoni with view to Salute - Galleria Corsini, Rome.jpg|Riva degli Schiavoni with view to Salute
Luca Carlevarijs - The Piazzetta and the Library - WGA4233.jpg|Piazzetta and Library
Luca Carlevarijs, Piazzetta, Venice., 1739.jpg|{{center|Piazzetta}}
Luca Carlevarijs Einzug der venezianischen Gesandten in London 1707.jpg|Entry of the Venetian ambassador to London
Luca Carlevarijs - Seascape - WGA4222.jpg|{{center|Seascape}}
Luca Carlevarijs - A Seaport with a Fountain and Ruins.jpg|A Seaport with a Fountain and Ruins
Ca' Rezzonico - Veduta di porto fluviale - Luca Carlevarijs.jpg|View of a River Port
Luca Carlevarijs - Seaport - WGA04221.jpg|Seaport
Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Carlevarijs_Luca,_Capriccio_con_scene_di_vita_in_una_città_portuale.jpg|Capriccio
Luca Carlevarijs Two studies of men VA.jpg|Study of two men
Carlevarijs- Veduta di Palazzo Malipiero.jpg|Palazzo Malipiero
Luca Carlevarijs - The Rialto Bridge - WGA4237.jpg|Rialto Bridge
Luca Carlevarijs - Palazzo Coccina on the Grand Canal - WGA04238.jpg|Palazzo Coccina
Luca Carlevarijs - Santa Maria della Carità - WGA4239.jpg|Santa Maria della Carita, Venice
Sources
- {{cite book |first= Rudolf|last=Wittkower| year=1993| title= Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750| others=1980 | publisher= Penguin Books Ltd}}
- Aldo Rizzi, Disegni incisioni e bozzetti del Carlevarijs, Doretti - Udine 1963
- Aldo Rizzi, Luca Carlevarijs, Alfieri - Venice 1967
- Aldo Rizzi, I maestri della pittura veneta del '700, Electa - Milano 1973
- {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=I: A-K |editor=Robert Edmund Graves |pages=232–233 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&q=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST}}
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Category:17th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:18th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian Baroque painters
Category:Italian landscape artists
Category:17th-century Venetian people