Bellotto's Tuscan Period: Exhibition in Lucca Challenges Canaletto's Legacy
An exhibition in Lucca, Italy, presents new archival research on Bernardo Bellotto's Tuscan period, dating his first independent vedute to 1740, earlier than previously thought. The show brings together for the first time six works from York and the British Library depicting Lucca, alongside Venetian and Florentine views. Bellotto left Venice and his uncle Canaletto's workshop at age 19, traveling to Lucca at the invitation of collectors Zanetti and Gerini. The exhibition includes a contemporary section with photographs by Jacopo Valentini and Jakob Ganslmeier inspired by Bellotto's views. The show is held at the Fondazione Ragghianti in Lucca.
Key facts
- Bernardo Bellotto was born in Venice in 1721 and died in Warsaw in 1780.
- New archival research dates Bellotto's Tuscan journey to 1740, not 1742.
- The exhibition includes six works from York and the British Library.
- Bellotto was invited to Lucca by collectors Zanetti and Gerini.
- The show features a Venetian appendix with a work by Luca Carlevarijs.
- Contemporary photographers Jacopo Valentini and Jakob Ganslmeier reinterpret Bellotto's views.
- The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Photolux.
- The show includes a 1570 ecclesiastical martyrology by Giuseppe Civitali.
Entities
Artists
- Bernardo Bellotto
- Canaletto (Antonio da Canal)
- Luca Carlevarijs
- Jacopo Valentini
- Jakob Ganslmeier
- Giuseppe Civitali
- Niccolò Lucarelli
Institutions
- Fondazione Ragghianti
- British Library
- Photolux
- Artribune
Locations
- Lucca
- Italy
- Venice
- Florence
- Livorno
- York
- London
- Warsaw
- Piazza San Martino
- Lungarni
- Piazza della Signoria
- Molo
- Zecca