Art, literature & historySan Simeone Piccolo, Venice, Seen from the Grand Canal
Bernardo Bellotto · 1721–80
Bernardo Bellotto: 1721–1780
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Biography
Bernardo Bellotto (c. 1721/1722 or 30 January 1721 – 17 November 1780), was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching, famous for his vedute of European cities – Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw.
He was the student and nephew of the renowned Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto, and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself "Bernardo Canaletto". In Germany and Poland, Bellotto called himself by his uncle's name, Canaletto.
This caused some confusion; Bellotto's work, though, is more somber in color than Canaletto's, and his depiction of clouds and shadows brings him closer to Dutch painting.
Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. It is plausible that Bellotto, and other Venetian masters of vedute, may have used the camera obscura to achieve superior precision of urban views.
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Influenced by
- Canalettoeditorial inference
Evidence
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Later influence
- Marcin Zaleskieditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Bernardo Bellotto. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art18 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art17 recorded works
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie4 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago3 recorded works
- National Museum in Warsaw2 recorded works
- Accademia Carrara1 recorded work
- Hermitage Museum1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie — Troyes1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Victoria1 recorded work
- Raccolte Artistiche del Castello Sforzesco1 recorded work
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
