Alte Universität mit Jesuitenkirche Wien

Old University and Jesuit Church Vienna, ca. 1760

ArtistBernardo Bellotto, Venezia 1721–1780 Warszawa

Oil on canvas

Dimensions without frame110 × 132 cm

Dimensions with frame140,5 × 160,6 × 8 cm

Status

on display, room 006.1

About the workBecause of the Seven Years' War, the Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto left Dresden and worked in Vienna from 1759–1761. One of his numerous city views shows the Old University. While the square and the streets lie in the shadow of the densely constructed buildings, the baroque architecture of the New Assembly Hall with ist attached observatory and the facade of the Jesuit Church are illuminated by the evening sun. The splendour, but also the confinement of the city are realistically portrayed. This painting was the first to be purchased by the Kunstpalast after the Second World War.

AccessionAquisition 1947

Provenance[...]; 1947 erworben von der Galerie Rudolf Stuckert

Inventory numberM 157

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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