Bellotto studied under his uncle, Canaletto, and was himself known by that name when painting outside Italy. Bellotto’s urban scenes have the same carefully drawn realism as his uncle’s Venetian views but are marked by heavy shadows and are darker and colder in tone and colour. The fidelity of his views is in part attributable to the use of the camera obscura.
Bellotto studied under his uncle, Canaletto, and was himself known by that name when painting outside Italy. Bellotto’s urban scenes have the same carefully drawn realism as his uncle’s Venetian views but are marked by heavy shadows and are darker and colder in tone and colour. The fidelity of his views is in part attributable to the use of the camera obscura.