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File:Bellotto, Bernardo - Veduta di Gazzada.jpg

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Bernardo Bellotto: View of Gazzada near Varese  wikidata:Q19681664 reasonator:Q19681664
Artist
Bernardo Bellotto  (1722–1780)  wikidata:Q164688
 
Bernardo Bellotto
Description Italian landscape painter, printmaker and etcher
Date of birth/death 20 May 1722 Edit this at Wikidata 17 November 1780 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Venice Edit this at Wikidata Warsaw Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Rome (1742–1744), Dresden (1747–1758), Vienna (1758–1761), Dresden (1761–1764), Warsaw (1764–1780)
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creator QS:P170,Q164688
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Title
View of Gazzada near Varese
label QS:Lit,"Veduta di Gazzada"
label QS:Lfr,"Vue de Gazzada près de Varese"
label QS:Lpl,"Widok Gazzady w okolicy Varese"
label QS:Luk,"Вид Гадзади"
label QS:Lru,"Вид Гадзады"
label QS:Lde,"Blick auf Gazzada bei Varese"
label QS:Len,"View of Gazzada near Varese"
label QS:Lhy,"Գաձադայի տեսարան"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description

The two canvases were acquired for Brera from the antique dealer Alessandro Brison. Painted during Bellotto’s journey to Lombardy in 1744, they constitute one of the highest achievements of Europe an landscape painting, while at the same time representing a move in a new direction thanks to the naturalness of the representation and its adherence to reality: unlike the traditional vedute of Canaletto, which immersed Venice in a brilliant and timeless light, Bellotto’s canvases depict a precise moment of the day, investigating both its colors and the peculiar effects of its light and thereby opening the door to the evolution of the genre in the 19th century.

Ever since they entered the Pinacoteca it was thought that they were linked to the villa of the Melzi family, and that the canvases had been commissioned by Antonio Maria Melzi, owner of the villa at Vaprio d’Adda – also painted by the artist – and a prominent figure in Milan under Austrian rule. In reality, recent research has revealed that it was not until 1838 that the Melzi became the owners of the building represented here, which at the time of Bellotto’s visit belonged to the noblemen Gabrio and Giuseppe Perabò from Varese, who held prestigious posts in the administration of the city and above all had friendly relations with Cardinal Giuseppe Pozzobonelli, a knowledgeable collector who became bishop of Milan in 1744.
Date 1744 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 84.5 cm (33.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 98.5 cm (38.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+84.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+98.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q150066
Accession number
214 (Pinacoteca di Brera) Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer https://pinacotecabrera.org/collezione-online/opere/veduta-di-gazzada-2/
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