Artwork
View of Pirna in Saxony
View of Pirna in Saxony is an oil painting by Bernardo Bellotto. It dates from 1760 and is held in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.
About this work
Overview
View of Pirna in Saxony is an oil painting created by Bernardo Bellotto around 1760. It is part of the National Museum's collection in Warsaw.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene scene of Pirna, a town in Saxony, with a river flowing through it. Buildings, trees, and a few figures are arranged along the riverbank, under a blue sky with clouds.
Technique & Style
Bellotto used a range of colors to achieve depth and texture, with particular attention to the foreground, where a group of people is gathered near a building, surrounded by trees and bushes.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
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View of Pirna from the Sonnenstein Castle
View of Pirna from the West, from the Corner of Wide Street
Pirna from the South
View of Pirna, from Sonnestein Castle
View of Pirna
View of Pirna from the Right Bank of the Elba above the Town
View of Pirna from the Right Bank of the Elba
The high gate of Pirna
View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein
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