id: 137224
accession number: 1962.169
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.169
updated: 2024-04-24 11:46:23.902000
Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1740. Attributed to Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1721–1780). Oil on canvas; framed: 164.5 x 264 x 12 cm (64 3/4 x 103 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 136.2 x 232.5 cm (53 5/8 x 91 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1962.169
title: Piazza San Marco, Venice
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creation date: c. 1740
creation date earliest: 1735
creation date latest: 1745
current location: 217 Italian Baroque
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Italian 18th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1721–1780) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 164.5 x 264 x 12 cm (64 3/4 x 103 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 136.2 x 232.5 cm (53 5/8 x 91 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - 1962
opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
title: Painting in Italy in the Eighteenth Century, Rococo to Romanticism
opening date: 1970-09-19T04:00:00
Painting in Italy in the Eighteenth Century, Rococo to Romanticism. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (September 19-November 8, 1970); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (December 2, 1970-January 9, 1971); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (February 7-March 21, 1971).
title: Venice as City and Theater
opening date: 1985-02-27T05:00:00
Venice as City and Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).
title: Bellotto and Canaletto. The Wonder of Light
opening date: 2016-11-25T05:00:00
Bellotto and Canaletto. The Wonder of Light. Gallerie d'Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan, Italy (organizer) (November 25, 2016-March 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Catalogue of Pictures, Chiefly by the Old Masters of the Italian, Flemish and Spanish Schools, Birmingham (England), Society of Arts, 1833, cat. no. 112.', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester, 1857, cat. no. 827.', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'British Institution, London, 1863, cat. no. 63.', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Painting in Italy in the Eighteenth Century: Rococo to Romanticism, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Toledo, 1970-71, cat. no. 16, illus.', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallerie d\'Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan, Italy (11/25/2016 - 3/5/2017): "Bellotto and Canaletto. The Wonder of Light" catalogue number 15, p. 82-83', 'opening_date': '2016-11-25T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
William, 2nd Earl of Craven [1809-1866], Combe Abbey, Warwickshire
date: by 1833
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George Grimstone Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven [1841-1883], Combe Abbey, Warwickshire
date: 1866-1883
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William George Robert, 4th Earl of Craven [1868-1921], Combe Abbey, Warwickshire
date: 1883-1921
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Cornelia (nee Martin), Countess of Craven [1877-1961], Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire
date: 1921-1961
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(sale: Sotheby’s, London, November 29, 1961, no. 42 [as by Canaletto]; purchased by Faroni);
date: 1961
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Bellotti, Pietro, Canaletto, and Bożena Anna Kowalczyk. Bellotto and Canaletto: Wonder and Light. 2016.
catalogue number 15
page number: 82-83
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” July 20, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0981
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” July 25, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0984
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 146
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n170
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 146
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n170
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 147
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n167
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 316-318; Reproduced: p. 317
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned: P. 23; reproduced: P. 25, fig. 5
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Kowalczyk, Bożena Anna Bellotto and Canaletto: Wonder and Light. Exh. cat. Milan: Gallerie d'Italia. Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 75, 82-83. no. 15; 273
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