Tag: sky

La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (c.1731)

Canaletto (1697-1768) La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (The Square of Saint Mark’s and the Piazzetta, Venice) c.1731 Oil on canvas, 66 x 102.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canaletto‘s chief subject was the city of Venice, which he often painted for…

Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (1763)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia (View of Pirna in Saxony) 1763 Oil on canvas, 47 x 76.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein 1750s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     See also:…

Les intermittences du coeur (1950)

Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les intermittences du coeur (The Fickleness of the Heart) 1950 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 63.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The Belgian Surrealist Magritte developed a set of symbols that he used in new combinations throughout his career. The…