Gezicht op de Piazza San Marco naar de San Marco gezien
Bernardo Bellotto
ca. 1739 - ca. 1740
Medium
pen
Dimensions
388; 260
About this artwork
On loan from the Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen
About the Artist
Bernardo Bellotto · 1722–1780
Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780) was an Italian painter of exceptional gifts who carried the art of the veduta — the precisely observed topographical view — from Venice across the courts of northern Europe, leaving behind some of the most detailed and haunting urban panoramas in the history of Western painting. Born in Venice, he was the nephew and pupil of the great vedutista Giovanni Antonio Canal,...