# Capriccio with the Colosseum

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BELLOTTO, Bernardo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

The painting is part of a cycle of four canvases which are similar in shape and subject matter. The young Bellotto painted them during a seminal visit to Rome. Gradually, he was to move away from the faithful view of glimpses of Roman monuments. Instead he favoured the freer capriccio or imaginary view. This still included real buildings \(which were truthfully reproduced\) but they were set in an eclectic combination of invented architecture which in turn was given an evocative setting. Such capricci were very popular at the time.

## Related artworks

- [Architectural Capriccio with a Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/architectural-capriccio-with-a-self-portrait-r4e8f9d06985355>)
- [Capriccio of the Capitol](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/capriccio-of-the-capitol-r7e0fc73f58071d>)
- [Capriccio Padovano](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/capriccio-padovano-r4a1d909f0cf736>)
- [Dresden from the Left Bank of the Elbe, below the Fortifications](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/dresden-from-the-left-bank-of-the-elbe-below-the-fortifications-r6811fd86f2e222>)
- [Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe, above the Augustusbrücke](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/dresden-from-the-right-bank-of-the-elbe-above-the-augustusbrcke-re0ea67874cbfaa>)
- [Dresden, the Frauenkirche and the Rampische Gasse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/dresden-the-frauenkirche-and-the-rampische-gasse-rec6878d1b6428b>)
- [Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vorstadt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/dresden-the-ruins-of-the-pirnaische-vorstadt-r7f83285f2f9bd1>)
- [Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vorstadt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/dresden-the-ruins-of-the-pirnaische-vorstadt-ra0e4e15b2861f6>)
- [Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna Seen from the East](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/liechtenstein-garden-palace-in-vienna-seen-from-the-east-r9b833f37e23a6a>)
- [Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna Seen from the East](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/liechtenstein-garden-palace-in-vienna-seen-from-the-east-rd5f79469005337>)
- [New Market Square in Dresden from the Jüdenhof](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/new-market-square-in-dresden-from-the-jdenhof-ra60d70ee735c6b>)
- [New Market Square in Dresden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellotto-bernardo-r30ed1c3d526ca4/new-market-square-in-dresden-rd679b3bab66999>)

## Attribution

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