Artwork
View of the Tiber in Rome with the Castel Sant'Angelo
View of the Tiber in Rome with the Castel Sant'Angelo is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Bernardo Bellotto. It dates from 1743 and is held in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
About this work
Overview
View of the Tiber in Rome with the Castel Sant'Angelo is an oil painting by Bernardo Bellotto, created in 1743. It is part of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene scene of the Tiber River in Rome, with the Castel Sant'Angelo prominently featured on the right. The composition includes a bridge, numerous buildings along the riverbank, and people engaged in various activities, such as boating.
Technique & Style
The work showcases Bellotto's skill in capturing the play of light on water and the atmospheric effects of a partly cloudy sky. The artist's use of oil paint allows for detailed rendering of the scene, from the architecture to the figures in the foreground.
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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