GASPAR VAN WITTEL (1653-1736) also known as VANVITELLI Castel Sant' Angelo seeing from the South (1690-1700) Oil on canvas measures unknown Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Gaspar van Wittel began his studies in his hometown Amersfoort, training under the landscape painter Jan van der Heyden. …
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Venetian Vedute
FRANCESCO ZUCCARELLI (1702-1788) Capriccio with San Giorgio Maggiore Capriccio with the Prison from the Riva Schiavone Oil on canvas (86 x 128 cm) Private collection Zuccarelli is considered the most important landscape painter to have emerged from his adoptive city of Venice during the first half of the XVIIIth century. Born in Pitigliano, he spent …