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The Ponte Vecchio, Florence
Circle Of: Bernardo Bellotto (Italian (Venetian), 1720–1780)
1740–1780
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
55.9 x 87.6 cm (22 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number25.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Bellotto studied with his uncle, Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto) beginning about 1735, and his early works are often confused with those of the older master. This view of the picturesque Ponte Vecchio was probably painted during Bellotto's extensive travels throughout northern Italy before he left the country permanently in 1747.
ProvenanceDr. Götz Martius (b. 1853 - d. 1927), Kiel, Germany. By 1922, Bachstitz Gallery, the Hague, the Netherlands; 1925, sold by the Bachstitz Gallery to the MFA for $8500. (Accession Date: January 8, 1925)