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Eight Italian Views (on one sheet)
Bernardo Bellotto (Italian (Venetian), 1720–1780)
about 1741-1742
Medium/Technique
Etching
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.)
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.)
Credit Line
Stephen Bullard Memorial Fund, by exchange
Accession Number66.340
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
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
Description1. 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
Marks
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)
ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., London; 1966, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., Ltd. to the MFA for £1,200. (Accession Date: June 1, 1966)