$85
Vintage A. Canaletto (Bellotto) Art - Dresden View of the Elbe
Description
Beautiful condition in a large 28.5" H x 24" W ornate frame - Gold, Dark Green and Black (images 1 and 3)
It has the look of a real canvas painting (no glass) and is light-weight and ready to display in your home or office. (image 4)
Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery? Although the brass tag reads “A. Canaletto” (image 3) it was likely painted by his nephew, Bernardo Bellotto. The original masterpiece was painted in 1748 by Bellotto, who often signed his work as "Canaletto", using the same moniker as his celebrated uncle, Giovanni Antonio Canal. He imitated his uncle's style and even signed his paintings with the same nickname.
The oil on canvas is in the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden.
It is a vintage piece produced for Turner Wall Accessory Item #2895 J357 – original label on the back. (image 5) The Turner Manufacturing Company was based in Chicago and produced a wide variety of modestly priced decorative items in the mid-20th century until they went out of business in the 1970s.
This vintage décor print is a unique Mid-Century Modern (MCM) accent piece.
‘View of Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge’: The Augustus Bridge spans the river - it leads across to the ‘Royal New Town’ and a lively scenery on the riverbank. The painting shows what is the most famous view of Dresden and was instrumental in coining the term ‘Canaletto view’ - it is an icon of the city.
So accurately painted are Bellotto's views of Dresden that they were used by German authorities to help reconstruct the city's monuments after their destruction during World War II.
Offered for just $85 from a smoke-free home in the Taunton and Garden area of WHITBY.
(The last image shows another's pricing.)
Please contact via email mzm@sympatico.ca or text 905-439-4640
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFdRxoVIFaP/ (an interesting and short video clip)
FYI - Bernardo Bellotto (1720-1780) was an Italian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching famous for his views of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto, fraudulently, according to some.
Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. Bellotto was born in Venice, the son of Lorenzo Antonio Bellotto and Fiorenza Canal, sister of the famous A. Canaletto, and studied in his uncle's workshop.
Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) was the 18th century’s most prominent view-painter, whose work embodied grandiose yet delicately misty images emphasizing iconic Italian buildings. Canaletto's magnificent paintings gave him international fame, and eternally transformed the world’s perception of Venice.
It has the look of a real canvas painting (no glass) and is light-weight and ready to display in your home or office. (image 4)
Is imitation really the sincerest form of flattery? Although the brass tag reads “A. Canaletto” (image 3) it was likely painted by his nephew, Bernardo Bellotto. The original masterpiece was painted in 1748 by Bellotto, who often signed his work as "Canaletto", using the same moniker as his celebrated uncle, Giovanni Antonio Canal. He imitated his uncle's style and even signed his paintings with the same nickname.
The oil on canvas is in the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden.
It is a vintage piece produced for Turner Wall Accessory Item #2895 J357 – original label on the back. (image 5) The Turner Manufacturing Company was based in Chicago and produced a wide variety of modestly priced decorative items in the mid-20th century until they went out of business in the 1970s.
This vintage décor print is a unique Mid-Century Modern (MCM) accent piece.
‘View of Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge’: The Augustus Bridge spans the river - it leads across to the ‘Royal New Town’ and a lively scenery on the riverbank. The painting shows what is the most famous view of Dresden and was instrumental in coining the term ‘Canaletto view’ - it is an icon of the city.
So accurately painted are Bellotto's views of Dresden that they were used by German authorities to help reconstruct the city's monuments after their destruction during World War II.
Offered for just $85 from a smoke-free home in the Taunton and Garden area of WHITBY.
(The last image shows another's pricing.)
Please contact via email mzm@sympatico.ca or text 905-439-4640
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFdRxoVIFaP/ (an interesting and short video clip)
FYI - Bernardo Bellotto (1720-1780) was an Italian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching famous for his views of European cities (Dresden, Vienna, Turin and Warsaw). He was the pupil and nephew of Canaletto and sometimes used the latter's illustrious name, signing himself as Bernardo Canaletto, fraudulently, according to some.
Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. Bellotto was born in Venice, the son of Lorenzo Antonio Bellotto and Fiorenza Canal, sister of the famous A. Canaletto, and studied in his uncle's workshop.
Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) was the 18th century’s most prominent view-painter, whose work embodied grandiose yet delicately misty images emphasizing iconic Italian buildings. Canaletto's magnificent paintings gave him international fame, and eternally transformed the world’s perception of Venice.
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