Vue des Remparts de Sonnenstein (View of the Ramparts of Sonnenstein)

Bernardo Bellotto

Associated Names
Bernardo Bellotto

Artist, Venetian, 1722 - 1780

The image shows an overhead view of a townscape, featuring buildings, a church with a tall spire, a circular tower, fortified walls with cannons, and trees. The composition includes a sky with wispy clouds, a horizon with water, and distant architectural structures. The etching style is detailed, with fine lines depicting the textures of stone buildings and tree foliage. The color scheme is monochromatic, using black and white tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David P. Tunick

  • Dimensions

    plate: 42.1 x 44.8 cm (16 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.5 x 45.5 cm (16 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.127.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    De Vesme 1906, no. 26, i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Vesme, Alexandre de (Baudi di Vesme, Alessandro). Le peintre-graveur italien; ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de Bartsch. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1906, no. 26

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Vue des Remparts de Sonnenstein de la tour ou sont les prisons, et du / Cabaret contigu aux même du côté qui regarde la Ville de Pirna, et la Campagne au delà de l'Elbe; lower right in plate: Peint et gravé par Berd. Bellotto dit [missing]letto Pein P.

Wikidata ID

Q76552546

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