Requires Photography
Eight Italian Views (on one sheet)
about 1741-1742
Bernardo Bellotto (Italian (Venetian), 1720–1780)
Catalogue Raisonné
de Vesme 01-08, only states, except de Vesme 3 and 4, both of which are ii/ii; Meyer 1-8; not in Rizzi
Dimensions
Sheet: 68.4 x 93.4 cm (26 15/16 x 36 3/4 in.) Platemarks (six smaller plates): approximately 14.3 x 20.5 cm (5 5/8 x 8 1/16 in.) each Platemarks (two larger plates): approximately 18.9 x 26.2 cm (7 7/16 x 10 5/16 in.) each Platemark (inscription plate): 5.5 x 78.2 cm (2 3/16 x 30 13/16 in.)
Accession Number
66.340
Medium or Technique
Etching
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
1. Rotunda; 2. Church with Five Cupolas; 3. Bridge near City Gate; 4. Church with Three Cupolas; 5. Landscape with Dead Tree; 6. Landscape through Two Arcades; 7. Ruined Colonnade; 8. Ruins of Aqueduct
Markings
Verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282); verso of backing sheet, in seven places, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282a)
Provenance
P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; from whom purchased June 1, 1966
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund, by exchange