Giovanni Antonio Canal was born in Venice in 1697. He was christened in the church of San Lio. Canaletto was the son of a theatrical painter. People called him Canaletto so that they could distinguish him from his father, Bernardo Canal. Canaletto got a lot of his practical experience by working with his father, assisting him in painting large backdrops with arches and other architectural details for scenes.

In 1720, Canaletto traveled to Rome with his father. By this time Canaletto had already painted a number of independent works. Canaletto's experiences in Rome convinced him to continue with his own independent works. This was a major turning point in his career.

Many of Canaletto's paintings were constructed with the help of the camera obscura. The camera obscura is based upon the same principle as the pinhole camera. It consists of an in-closed dark box with a lens. Light reflecting from external objects passes through the lens, and an inverted picture is projected onto a surface such as an opaque glass she

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