Venetian eighteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

Bellotto stars at Christie's: £6 million Venetian masterpiece in London

One of the most important Venetian vedute (views) by Bernardo Bellotto (Venice, 1722 - Warsaw, 1780) to appear on the market in recent years will take center stage at the Old Masters Evening Sale organized by Christie's in London on June 30. The work...
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Canaletto's Bucintoro on Ascension Day: the liturgy of the Republic of Venice

There was a day in the year when Venice stopped being a city and became a bride. It happened duringAscension Day: forty days after Easter, during the "Feast of the Sensa" ("Sensa" is Ascension in Venetian), the Serenissima donned her richest clothes,...
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Venice, paintings by Francesco Guardi from the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon on display at Ca' Rezzonico

From March 7 to June 8, 2026, the Museo del Settecento Veneziano at Ca' Rezzonico in Venice welcomes a selection of paintings by Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) from the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. The exhibition I Guardi di Calouste Gulbenkia...
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Tiepolo and Pellegrini: Venetian light on display at Brescia's Casa Museo Zani

Casa Museo Zani in Brescia opens its doors from December 12, 2025 to April 6, 2026 for an exhibition that focuses on the role of light in eighteenth-century Venetian painting through comparisons between Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Venice, 1675 - 174...
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