most of them dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

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A major exhibition of these drawings was on view at the J

Bertrand Lavédrine

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe BTS Books most of them dating fromPeter Bjrn Kerber Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robertthese renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature important contemporary events. These occasions motivated some of the greatest artists of the era to produce their most exceptional work. Little