Title
[Piazza degli Antelminelli, Lucca, looking towards the Piazza San Martino].
Creator
Bellotto, Bernardo, 1721-1780, artist.
Publication details
[between 1742 and 1745]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and ink over graphite ; sheet 24.9 x 36.9 cm
Description
View of the square in front of Lucca Cathedral from the north-east, with chaise pulled by two horses, figures in Piazza Antelminelli, and part of the north side of the Duomo in the foreground and campanile of the Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Reparata seen above rooftops beyond the walls of Palazzo Micheletti in the background. Annotation in brown ink on verso: 'pietro Beloti'.
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 'Lucca' in brown ink and numbered in pencil.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.80.21.b.