Title
[Piazza and Church of Santa Maria Forisportam in Lucca].
Creator
Bellotto, Bernardo, 1721-1780, artist.
Publication details
[between 1742 and 1745]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and ink over graphite ; sheet 23.2 x 37 cm
Description
Carriage and figures in the Piazza di Santa Maria Bianca in the foreground, with group of three-storey houses, Colonna Mozza and end of the Via Santa Croce at left, palazzo and campanile at right, and main fac_ade of the Chiesa di Santa Maria Forisportam in the background.
Place
Lucca (Italy)
Additional information
One of five drawings formerly believed to be by Canaletto (see A. P. Oppe_, English Drawings, Stuart and Georgian Periods, in the Collection of H. M. the King at Windsor, London, 1951, pp. 9-10); attributed to Bellotto by F. J. B. Watson in 1953. They are all annotated with 'Lucca' in brown ink and numbered in pencil.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.80.21.e.