Views of Venice by Canaletto ano his rivals in landmark exhibition at National Gallery of Art, Washington, the sole U.S. venue

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, will present 21 of Canaletto’s finest paintings of Venice with 34 by his most important contemporaries, including Gaspar Vanvitelli, Luca Carlevarijs, Michele Marieschi, Bernardo Bellotto, and Francesco Guardi, in Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals, on view from February 20 through May 30 , 2011 , in the East Building.

With the support of the Bracco Foundation, after Canaletto’s Paintings the great music of Verdi, Puccini and Rossini is now on its Way to Washington

First Canaletto and the eighteenth-century Venetian view painters at the National Gallery in Washington, then support for the great Concert by Petruzzelli Opera and Symphony Orchestra of Bari promoted by the Italian Embassy in the United Stateson March 17 2011: the Bracco Foundation celebrates the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity all over the world.