Antonio Canal (Canaletto) (1697-1768).
A Venetian painter whose father was a scene painter, and he was brought up in the same profession. He went to Rome, where he designed the grand remains of antiquity. Returning to Venice, he chose as his subjects interior views.
Annibale Caracci (1560-1609).
A Bolognese painter, studied under his cousin, Lodovico, who advised him to study the works of Correggio.
Francis B. Carpenter (1830-1900).
Born in Homer, N. Y. He was mostly self-taught. He removed to New York in 1851 and was a portrait painter, having painted many distinguished men.
Juan Carrenno de Miranda (1614-1685).
Born at Abiles, in Asturias. A Spanish painter, who studied at Madrid under P. de las Cuevas and afterwards under Bartolomé Roman. He died at Madrid.
John W. Casilear (1811-1893).
Born in New York, and began studying at the age of fifteen under Peter Maverick, the engraver, after whose death he became a bank note engraver. He took up oil painting and went to Europe to study in 1840 and again in 1857. He died at Saratoga, N. Y.