DOI Kapitel:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.61295#0198
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CANAL — CANO.
(1697-1768). A pupil of his father, who was a scene painter. He
went early to Rome, where he assiduously studied the ruins of the
ancient city. Returning to Venice, he astonished his countrymen by
his magnificent views of the palaces and edifices of their" city, and by
his representations of festivals and carnival scenes, in some of which
there are at least 200 figures. He went twice to England, where he
was much patronized. His interior views were fine. His coloring
in the latter was not brilliant, and in his Venetian pictures it is the
gondolas with their gold and gay decorations which give the glare to
the scene, his figures being often in neutral tints. He acquired
a fortune. His works are very numerous and are in almost every
collection. Some of his followers imitated him so closely that their
works are sometimes mistaken for his own, and, indeed, there are
large numbers of pictures similar to those of Canaletto.
Candido. Sec Witte.
Cano, Alonso, born at Granada (1601-1667). Architect, sculptor,
and painter. He studied painting under Pacheco, Castillo, and the
elder Herrera ; and sculpture with Martinez Montanes. His talents
and versatile genius secured him a high place among artists; and his
temper was such as led him to defend his rights against all new-
comers. In 163 7 he fought a duel, and escaped Madrid; and in 1644
his wife was found murdered in her bed. Cano was suspected of the
crime, and, although he fled, was at length apprehended and put to
the torture. He made no confession, and was released, judicially in-
nocent. He still retained his place as painter of the king, and draw-
ing-master to Don Carlos; and was, from time to time, employed on
important works. He determined to remove to Granada and take
priest’s orders. Philip IV. appointed him to a canonry. He was
still employed as painter and sculptor by private persons and religious
bodies, and even went to Malaga to superintend improvements in the
Cathedral. On account of his fierce temper he was deprived of his
office by the chapter, and was obliged to repair to the king in order
to be reinstated. This occurred in 1659, and so offended him that
he would no more use his pencil or chisel in the service of the Cath.
at Granada. He devoted the remainder of his life to religious and
charitable works, and gave away his money as soon as received. His
purse being often empty, he was accustomed to go into a shop and
beg a pen and paper. He would then sketch a head, or an architect-
ural design, and mark the price upon it. This he would give to a
beggar with directions for finding a purchaser. Large numbers of
these eleemosynary works were collected after his death. One of his
strong characteristics was hatred of the Jews. He would cross the
street in order to avoid them, and throw away a garment that had
touched one of them. Entering his house, one day, he found his
housekeeper bargaining with one of the despised race. He chased
him out with great fury, sent his housekeeper away to perform quar-
CANAL — CANO.
(1697-1768). A pupil of his father, who was a scene painter. He
went early to Rome, where he assiduously studied the ruins of the
ancient city. Returning to Venice, he astonished his countrymen by
his magnificent views of the palaces and edifices of their" city, and by
his representations of festivals and carnival scenes, in some of which
there are at least 200 figures. He went twice to England, where he
was much patronized. His interior views were fine. His coloring
in the latter was not brilliant, and in his Venetian pictures it is the
gondolas with their gold and gay decorations which give the glare to
the scene, his figures being often in neutral tints. He acquired
a fortune. His works are very numerous and are in almost every
collection. Some of his followers imitated him so closely that their
works are sometimes mistaken for his own, and, indeed, there are
large numbers of pictures similar to those of Canaletto.
Candido. Sec Witte.
Cano, Alonso, born at Granada (1601-1667). Architect, sculptor,
and painter. He studied painting under Pacheco, Castillo, and the
elder Herrera ; and sculpture with Martinez Montanes. His talents
and versatile genius secured him a high place among artists; and his
temper was such as led him to defend his rights against all new-
comers. In 163 7 he fought a duel, and escaped Madrid; and in 1644
his wife was found murdered in her bed. Cano was suspected of the
crime, and, although he fled, was at length apprehended and put to
the torture. He made no confession, and was released, judicially in-
nocent. He still retained his place as painter of the king, and draw-
ing-master to Don Carlos; and was, from time to time, employed on
important works. He determined to remove to Granada and take
priest’s orders. Philip IV. appointed him to a canonry. He was
still employed as painter and sculptor by private persons and religious
bodies, and even went to Malaga to superintend improvements in the
Cathedral. On account of his fierce temper he was deprived of his
office by the chapter, and was obliged to repair to the king in order
to be reinstated. This occurred in 1659, and so offended him that
he would no more use his pencil or chisel in the service of the Cath.
at Granada. He devoted the remainder of his life to religious and
charitable works, and gave away his money as soon as received. His
purse being often empty, he was accustomed to go into a shop and
beg a pen and paper. He would then sketch a head, or an architect-
ural design, and mark the price upon it. This he would give to a
beggar with directions for finding a purchaser. Large numbers of
these eleemosynary works were collected after his death. One of his
strong characteristics was hatred of the Jews. He would cross the
street in order to avoid them, and throw away a garment that had
touched one of them. Entering his house, one day, he found his
housekeeper bargaining with one of the despised race. He chased
him out with great fury, sent his housekeeper away to perform quar-