Bernardo Bellotto

(1722–1780) italiensk stads- och landskapskonstnär

Bernardo Bellotto (1722–1780) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Bernardo Bellotto belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.

Bernardo Bellotto was born in Venice and died in Warsaw. Bernardo Bellotto studied under Giovanni Antonio Canal.

The best-known works include ‘Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge’, ‘View of Pirna, from Sonnenstein Castle’, ‘View of Grand Canal with the Palazzi Foscari and Moro Lin’, and ‘The Grand Canal in Venice’. The works belong mainly to the genres cityscape and landscape painting. The catalogue has 210 works by Bernardo Bellotto with free images. The dated works span the years 1727–1850. Works by Bernardo Bellotto are held by several collections, among them Dresdens nationella konstsamlingar, Warszawas slott, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, and Eremitaget. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni, Jean Huber, Domenico Corvi, Gaspare Traversi, and Vigilius Erichsen.

• Rococo
• Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge
• Venice: The Grand Canal facing Santa Croce
• View of Gazzada near Varese