Bernardo Bellotto, pupil and nephew of Canaletto, had a highly successful international career. Canaletto, whose name Bellotto sometimes illegally adopted, especially during his stay in Poland, was his uncle on his mother’s side and had trained the young artist for many years. By 1738, Bellotto was already a member of the Venician Painters’ Guild. Still under Canaletto’s guidance, the young Bellotto traveled extensively in Italy. He went to Rome, Florence, Turin, Milan and Verona. In each city he left memorable images, giving a precocious demonstration of his ability to capture not only the architectural or natural features, but also the specific quality of the light in each place he visited. View with the Villa Melzi d'Eril. View of the Gazzada.Arno in Florence. Signoria Square in Florence.
1743/44. Oil on canvas. Galleria Nazionale, Parma, Italy.
1743/44. Oil on canvas. Galleria Nazionale, Parma, Italy.
1744. Oil on canvas. Brera, Milan, Italy.
1744. Oil on canvas. Brera, Milan, Italy.
1747-48. Oil on canvas. Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, Germany.
1747-55. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1747-55. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1747-55. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Early 1740s. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
Early 1740s. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
Early 1740s. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
1749. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
1749. Detail. 1749. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
1750. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
1750. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
1750. Oil on canvas. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1750. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
1756-58. Oil on canvas. City of Manchester Art Galleries, Manchester, UK.
c.1758-60. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
c.1758-60. Detail. c. 1758-60. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
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Seeing Venice: Bellotto's Grand Canal by Mark Doty, Bernardo Bellotto. J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, 2002.
Bernardo Bellotto: A Venetian Painter In Warsaw by Krysztof Pomyan, P. Mrozowski 5 Continents, 2004.
Bernardo Bellotto and the Capitals of Europe by Bernardo Bellotto, Irina Artemieva, Charles Beddington, Martina Frank, Bozena Anna Kowalczyk, Andrzej Rottermund, Gregor J. M. Weber, Edgar Peters Bowron. Yale University Press, 2001.