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Vaprio d’Adda (1744)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Vaprio d’Adda 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York By carefully staging the sunlight hitting the facades rising above the Adda River, Bellotto picks out the north Italian villages of…

Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (mid-1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (Pirna: The Obertor from the South) mid-1750s Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 78.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bellotto was Canaletto’s nephew and student who himself was to become an internationally…

Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (1505-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…

Sacra Famiglia Benson (c.1500)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Sacra Famiglia Benson (The Holy Family) c.1500 Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 37.3 x 45.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An old man and a young woman holding an infant are seated together in the center…

Monte Pincio, Rome (1840-1850)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Monte Pincio, Rome 1840–1850 Oil on canvas, 27 x 40.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Pincio | Roma (Italia) | Trinità dei Monti