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Bernardo Bellotto

Also known as Canaletti Jun., Bernardo Belota, Bernardo Michiel Bellotto, Bernardo Belloto, Bernardo Bellotti, Bernard Belloto, Il Canaletto, Canaletto Belotto

Italian artist (1722–1780)

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Bernardo Francesco Paolo Ernesto Bellotto (1721–1780) was an Italian painter, draftsperson, printmaker, and court painter. Born in Venice, he died in Warsaw. He was a student of Canaletto, who was also his relative. Bellotto spoke Italian and German. His artistic output focused on cityscapes and landscape painting.

He served as a court painter under the sponsorship of Augustus III of Poland. Notable works include *Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge*, *Venice: The Grand Canal facing Santa Croce*, and *View of Gazzada near Varese*. His artworks are held in collections such as the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Key facts

Born: 30 January 1721, Venice , Republic of Venice
Died: 17 November 1780 (aged 59), Warsaw , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Resting place: Capuchin Church , Warsaw, Poland
Known for: Landscape painting
Patrons: Stanislaus II Augustus

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Bernardo Bellotto — Google Arts & Culture

Bernardo Bellotto, was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedute of European cities.

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Bernardo Bellotto, was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedute of European cities. He was the student and nephew of the famous Giovanni Antonio Canal Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto. In Germany and Poland, Bellotto called himself by his uncle's name, Canaletto. This caused some confusion, however Bellotto’s work is more sombre in color than Canatello'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 in order to achieve superior precision of urban views.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Bernardo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Venice
Place of birth: Venice
Place of death: Warsaw
Occupation: art collector
Position held: court painter
Employer: Stanisław August Poniatowski
Languages spoken: German
Student of: Canaletto
Field of work: landscape painting
Genre: landscape painting
Image: Bernardo Bellotto.jpg

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Commons category: Bernardo Bellotto
date of birth: 1722-05-20
date of death: 1780-11-17
Commons Creator page: Bernardo Bellotto
relative: Canaletto
Commons gallery: Bernardo Bellotto
name in native language: Bernardo Francesco Paolo Ernesto Bellotto
birth name: Bernardo Francesco Paolo Ernesto Bellotto
sponsor: Augustus III of Poland
has works in the collection: Museum of the History of Polish Jews
described at URL: artsandculture.google.com/entity/%2Fm%2F04_nhc9

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Bernardo Bellotto, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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 as Bernardo Canaletto. In Germany and Poland, Bellotto called himself by his uncle's name, Canaletto. This caused some confusion, however Bellotto's work is more sombre 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 in order to achieve superior precision of urban views.

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