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Question 1: Canaletto's views always fetched high prices, and as early as the 18th century ________ and other European monarchs vied for his grandest paintings.
Catherine II of RussiaAlexander I of RussiaNicholas II of RussiaPeter I of Russia

Question 2: For these qualities, his works may be said to have anticipated ________.
FauvismImpressionismCubismExpressionism

Question 3: In the 1740s Canaletto's market was disrupted when the ________ led to a reduction in the number of British visitors to Venice.
Nine Years' WarMaria Theresa of AustriaSeven Years' WarWar of the Austrian Succession

Question 4: Some of his later works do revert to this custom, as suggested by the tendency of distant figures to be painted as blobs of colour - an effect produced by using a ________, which blurs farther-away objects.
AlhazenOpticsPinhole cameraCamera obscura

Question 5: There are many examples of his work in other British collections, including several at the ________ and a set of 24 in the dining room at Woburn Abbey.
Wallace CollectionBritish MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumNational Gallery (London)

Question 6: Joseph Smith sold much of his collection to George III, creating the bulk of the large collection of Canalettos owned by the ________.
Wallace CollectionDulwich Picture GalleryVictoria and Albert MuseumRoyal Collection

Question 7: Many of his pictures were sold to Englishmen on their ________, often through the agency of the merchant Joseph Smith (who was later appointed British Consul in Venice in 1744).
HotelGrand TourFemale sex tourismTourism
















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