Bellotto, Bernardo

Bellotto, Bernardo (bĕrnär`dō bāl-lôt`tō), 1720–80, Venetian architectural and landscape painter, also called Canaletto, after his uncle and teacher Canaletto. His paintings, at first resembling those of his master, are numerous and may be seen in most of the leading European museums. They usually depict scenes in the cities in which Bellotto resided. In 1747 he was appointed court painter at Dresden and in 1770 painter to Stanislaus II at Warsaw.

Bibliography

See S. Kozakiewicz, Bernardo Bellotto (tr., 2 vol. 1972).

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Bellotto, Bernardo

 known as Canaletto

(born Jan. 30, 1720, Venice—died Oct. 17, 1780, Warsaw, Pol.) Italian painter of topographical views, known as vedute (“view paintings”). He was the nephew of Canaletto and was himself known by that name when painting outside Italy. In 1747 he left Italy to spend the rest of his life working at various European courts, most notably at Dresden for Frederick Augustus II (1747–66) and at Warsaw for Stanislaw II (1767–80). His detailed views of the Polish capital were used as guides to reconstruct the historic sections of the city after their destruction in World War II. Bellotto's style is distinguishable from his uncle's by its Dutch characteristics (e.g., cast shadows, massed clouds, sombre tone and colour).

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Bellotto, Bernardo 

Born Jan. 30, 1720, in Venice; died Nov. 17, 1780, in Warsaw. Italian painter and etcher. Nephew and pupil of A. Canaletto, whose nickname he inherited.

From 1747 to 1767, Bellotto worked in Dresden, Vienna, and Munich and from 1767, in Warsaw. A master of the meticulously accurate architectural landscape, he painted views of Venice, Dresden, Warsaw, and other cities in silvery tones with spare strokes.

REFERENCES

Fomicheva, T. D. Vidy Drezdena i Pirny: Arkhitekturnye peizazhi Bellotto. Leningrad, 1959.
Fritzsche, H. A. Bernardo Bellotto genannt Canaletto. Burg [1936].
Kozakiewicz, S. Canaletto, 2nd ed. Warsaw, 1955.