Who painted Veduta di Gazzada?

Veduta di Gazzada was painted by Bernardo Bellotto in 1744.

Where can I see Veduta di Gazzada?

Veduta di Gazzada is held by Kunsthaus Zürich.

What movement is Veduta di Gazzada?

Veduta di Gazzada is associated with Rococo painting.

Artwork

Veduta di Gazzada

Bernardo Bellotto , 1744

Veduta di Gazzada is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Bernardo Bellotto. It dates from 1744 and is held in the collection of the Kunsthaus Zürich.

About this work

Overview

Bernardo Bellotto’s 1744 oil canvas, titled *Veduta di Gazzada*, presents a tranquil rural scene. The work is part of the collection at the Kunsthaus Zürich, where it is displayed among other 18th‑century European paintings. Its composition balances a modest village foreground with gently rolling hills and distant mountains, all under a clear blue sky.

Subject & Meaning

The painting captures a small settlement, its stone houses and tiled roofs clustered around a central church crowned by a tall bell tower. Figures and livestock populate the streets, suggesting everyday activity and a harmonious relationship between the inhabitants and their landscape. The overall mood conveys calm and the enduring rhythm of provincial life.

Technique & Style

Executed in oil on canvas, Bellotto employs a muted yet varied palette, contrasting warm earth tones of the architecture with cool blues and greens of sky and foliage. Fine brushwork delineates architectural details, while broader strokes render the atmospheric perspective of distant hills and mountains, creating depth and a sense of spaciousness.

History & Provenance

Created in 1744, the work reflects Bellotto’s mature period, during which he specialized in detailed cityscapes and countryside views. It entered the Kunsthaus Zürich’s holdings in the 20th century, where it has been conserved and exhibited as an example of mid‑century Venetian‑influenced landscape painting.

Artist & collection

Artist

Bernardo Bellotto

Bernardo Bellotto, was an Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching famous for his vedute of European cities – Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw.