View of Verona from the Ponte Nuovo

This canvas shows the River Adige in Verona as seen from the Ponte Nuovo, looking upstream toward the Castel San Pietro fortress. It is usually dated to around 1746 to 1747, and it was painted as a companion to a second view of Verona that includes the Ponte delle Navi. Bellotto was the nephew of Canaletto and first built his reputation on views of Venice, later widening his range to many other cities. This work belongs to the end of his Italian years, shortly before he moved to Northern Europe. Later it was bought at auction in London by Robert Clive, a British soldier and colonial official. In 1775 it was valued at 147 guineas, and it eventually went to Powis Castle in Montgomeryshire, the country estate of Clive's son. It remains there today, in a collection now administered by the National Trust. The painting is valued for the precision of its urban landscape and for the way Bellotto arranges the river, bridges and buildings within a carefully measured perspective.

Painter

Bernardo Bellotto

Date

1746

Medium

oil paint, canvas

Dimensions

133 × 231 cm

Museum

National Trust

Genre

cityscape

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