Bernardo BellottoItália, 1721–1780Capriccio with Two Bridges and Figures
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Bernardo Belloto, sometimes called Canaletto (1721-1780) was born in Venice and trained there by his uncle, the view painter Giovan Antonio Canal called Canaletto (1693-1768). He became a member of the Venetian painters' guild, the Fraglia, in 1738. In the 1740s, he travelled in Italy (Florence, Lucca, Rome and in Lombardy). In 1747, Bellotto was invited to Dresden in 1747 by Frederick-Augustus II, King of Poland (as Augustus III). He went to Vienna in 1758, perhaps in response to an invitation, and to Munich in 1761. By the end of the same year he had returned to Dresden where he was made court painter in 1768. He had trained and worked with his son Lorenzo who died prematurely in 1770.
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This painting is a good example of Bellotto's art of 'capriccio', which displays an elaborate construction partially based on previous compositions. The artist probably drew his inspirations from the surroundings of Verona and Padua in Italy, a region that he visited in the first half on the 1740s. The painting shows a fantasy town view with on the right a gatehouse and an archway, a Corinthian column surmounted by the statue of a saint and a woman drawing water from a fountain. On the left, a horse-drawn carriage is running on a bridge while in the background a raw of houses with a medieval tower recedes into the distance. Figures manoeuvring boats are depicted in the foreground.
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- 1353-1869
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Na vida de Bernardo Bellotto
A vida inteira1741
Marries Maria Elisabetta Rizzorno
In 1741 Bellotto married; in 1747 his wife, Maria Elisabetta Rizzorno, and their son Lorenzo, born in 1744, moved with him to Dresden.
1742
Goes to Rome to paint views of the city
In 1742 Bellotto went to Rome, where he painted views of the city. His brief stays in Florence and Lucca, documented by his views of those cities, were most likely part of the same journey.
c. 1744
Son born: Lorenzo Bellotto
1745
At the court of Charles Emmanuel III in Turin
Bellotto worked in Turin at the court of Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy; in these years he also visited Verona several times. His View of Turin with the Palazzo Reale and View of the Old Bridge over the Po in Turin (Galleria Sabauda) date from 1745.
1747
Moves to Dresden at the invitation of Augustus III
At the end of 1746 Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and a great lover of Venetian painting, invited Bellotto to Dresden, and in July 1747 the painter moved there with his wife and son. He was appointed court painter, probably through the mediation of Francesco Algarotti, at a salary of 1,750 thalers a year.
1747–1757
Post: court painter
