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Afternoon sunlight pours over a town crowded along the banks of a serene, glass-green river that runs through the middle of this horizontal painting. Several buildings cluster to our left on the riverbank close to us. A gateway there opens onto a bridge or walkway that extends back and behind the buildings. Tiny in scale, people stand, sit, or ride singly or in small groups on the dirt road that spans the lower edge of the composition. One man sits on a bench in a fenced-in, grassy enclosure at the lower right, and another man there wears monk’s robes and holds a basket. The land must dip down steeply between the dirt road and riverbank, for a few rooftops nestled in there have chimneys at road level. Houses, churches, and grand structures line the far riverbank and fill in the town beyond. Many of the buildings are white or tan with dark red roofs, though others are brown or gray. Trees and an open green space are tucked among the structures. A pale blue sky with wispy, petal-pink and light tan clouds fills the top half of the composition.
Bernardo Bellotto, Italian 18th Century, View of Munich, c. 1761, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.64

View of Munich

Bernardo Bellotto, Italian 18th Century · c. 1761 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.64

Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century, Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives, c. 1800, pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1997.75.2

Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives

Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century · c. 1800 · pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1997.75.2

Italian 18th Century, Self-Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Ranza, c. 1790, etching and aquatint with roulette on laid paper, Gift of James A. Bergquist, 2023.120.7

Self-Portrait of Giovanni Antonio Ranza

Italian 18th Century · c. 1790 · etching and aquatint with roulette on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2023.120.7

Italian 19th Century, Italian 18th Century, Mucius Scaevola, late 18th or early 19th century, niello print, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6694

Mucius Scaevola

Italian 19th Century, Italian 18th Century · late 18th or early 19th century · niello print ·  Accession ID  1943.3.6694

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century, Ornament Plate with Armor and Musical Instruments, late 18th or early 19th century, niello print, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6689

Ornament Plate with Armor and Musical Instruments

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century · late 18th or early 19th century · niello print ·  Accession ID  1943.3.6689

Italian 19th Century, Italian 18th Century, Coronation of the Virgin, late 18th or early 19th century, niello print, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6688

Coronation of the Virgin

Italian 19th Century, Italian 18th Century · late 18th or early 19th century · niello print ·  Accession ID  1943.3.6688

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century, Horatius Cocles, late 18th or early 19th century, niello print, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.6693

Horatius Cocles

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century · late 18th or early 19th century · niello print ·  Accession ID  1943.3.6693

From a point of view over the water, we look across a bustling canal at a stone bridge, which is flanked by rows of buildings to each side in this horizontal painting. At the center of the composition, the bridge is supported by a wide arch, and the two halves of the deck angle down and to the left and right from a high point at the center. Another arch topped with a triangular roof marks the high point, and buildings line the deck to the left and right. Touches of red, white, yellow, pale blue, and brown suggest people walking along the deck under awnings. The waterway is tinged marine green along the bottom of the painting and lightens to sky blue farther back. Gondolas and small boats that crowd the canal are steered by people using long poles. Many of the boaters wear pale-colored clothing, and some boats have curved black covers. Four, five, and six-story buildings line the canal on both sides and continue into the distance beyond the bridge. The buildings are tightly packed with tall, narrow windows and muted red, yellow, and tan-colored facades. Laundry hangs from some windows and ledges. In the top third of the composition, a few wispy clouds blend into the pale blue sky. Dozens of people walk or stand along the waterfront to the right or work on boats pulled up to the walkway lining the canal to the left. The scene is loosely painted, especially in the people and the more distant architecture.
Italian 18th Century, Rialto Bridge, Venice, c. 1770/1800, oil on wood, Gift of R. Horace Gallatin, 1949.1.6

Rialto Bridge, Venice

Italian 18th Century · c. 1770/1800 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1949.1.6

Bernardo Bellotto, Italian 18th Century, Nymphenburg Palace, Munich, c. 1761, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.63

Nymphenburg Palace, Munich

Bernardo Bellotto, Italian 18th Century · c. 1761 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.63

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century, Rearing Horse, late 18th or 19th century, bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.122

Rearing Horse

Italian 18th Century, Italian 19th Century · late 18th or 19th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.122