A Capriccio of Palaces and a Loggia Facing a Classical Bridge

c. 1765

Bernardo Bellotto

Associated Names
Bernardo Bellotto

Artist, Venetian, 1722 - 1780

This image is an architectural perspective drawing of a grand classical terrace. It depicts a balustrade leading towards an ornate bridge with multiple arches, shields, and statues. In the background are detailed buildings, a tower, and mountainous forms along the horizon. The drawing uses fine lines in a pen and ink technique with a monochromatic palette. The scene conveys regal architecture, openness, and grandeur.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over graphite on two joined sheets of laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.6 x 47.2 cm (11 5/8 x 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.125.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1999, no. 96); (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1999); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 96.

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Sotheby's London, 7 July 1999: 96.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in graphite: Canaletto; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 976; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: A633 / IV-V; sketch in brown ink of a pilaster

Watermarks

on main sheet abstracted lily with "A" below

Wikidata ID

Q64537367

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