[[The]] Blue Palace, Warsaw Bellotto, Bernardo Architectural illustration Vedute Landscapes Palaces Bernardo Bellotto (1720 —1780) was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching, famous for his vedutes of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto — fraudulently, according to some. Especially in Germany, paintings attributed to Canaletto may actually be by Bellotto rather than by his uncle; in Poland, they are by Bellotto, who is known there as "Canaletto". Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. Like his uncle and many other Venetian masters of vedute, he used the camera obscura in order to achieve the superior precision of his urban views. Bellotto accepted an invitation from Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski to become his court painter in Warsaw. Here he remained for the rest of his life as court painter to King Stanislaw August, for whom he painted numerous views of the Polish capital and its environs for the Royal Castle in Warsaw. His paintings of Warsaw were used in rebuilding the city after its near-complete destruction in World War II. Davis Publications, Worchester, MA c. 1779 CE Painting Digital image Tiff; JPEG2000 Oil on canvas 18th century; Italian Warsaw, Poland Davis Publications, Worchester, MA
[[The]] Blue Palace, Warsaw
Bellotto, Bernardo
Architectural illustration
Vedute
Landscapes
Palaces
Bernardo Bellotto (1720 —1780) was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching, famous for his vedutes of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto — fraudulently, according to some. Especially in Germany, paintings attributed to Canaletto may actually be by Bellotto rather than by his uncle; in Poland, they are by Bellotto, who is known there as "Canaletto". Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. Like his uncle and many other Venetian masters of vedute, he used the camera obscura in order to achieve the superior precision of his urban views. Bellotto accepted an invitation from Poland's King Stanisław August Poniatowski to become his court painter in Warsaw. Here he remained for the rest of his life as court painter to King Stanislaw August, for whom he painted numerous views of the Polish capital and its environs for the Royal Castle in Warsaw. His paintings of Warsaw were used in rebuilding the city after its near-complete destruction in World War II.
Davis Publications, Worchester, MA
c. 1779 CE
Painting
Digital image
Tiff; JPEG2000
Oil on canvas
18th century; Italian
Warsaw, Poland
Davis Publications, Worchester, MA