View of a Town
Maker
Bernardo Bellotto
(Italian, 1721 - 1780)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1766
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions18 1/2 x 31 in. (47 x 78.7 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextBellotto composed capriccios, whimsical views of imaginary landscapes, combining architectural features of various locations. Here, ancient Roman ruins appear next to northern European church architecture of a later date. The figures of the three peasants in the foreground, which appear in other works by Bellotto, were painted over at some point in the painting’s past. When the painting entered the Huntington collection, conservation work revealed the hidden figures. Bellotto was the nephew and student of the celebrated Venetian view painter Canaletto, whose work can be seen in this room.Status
On viewObject number78.20.26
