# The Piazza della Signoria in Florence [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BELLOTTO, Bernardo]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 90 cm ## Commentary The vedute representing parts of Florence are early works. The two views of Florence in Budapest, the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, and its pendant, the Arno in Florence, are presumed to have been produced in the 1740s, when Bellotto made a long study tour of Italy and painted views of many Italian towns, including Verona, Turin and Florence. In these early works the influence of the older Canaletto is strikingly obvious: as tradition demanded, the young view-painter at his debut kept his construction compact and strictly observed the laws of perspective. However, accurate observation and a good eye for details were evident assets of the young painter. ## Related artworks - [Architectural Capriccio with a Self-Portrait]() - [Capriccio of the Capitol]() - [Capriccio Padovano]() - [Capriccio with the Colosseum]() - [Dresden from the Left Bank of the Elbe, below the Fortifications]() - [Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe, above the Augustusbrücke]() - [Dresden, the Frauenkirche and the Rampische Gasse]() - [Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vorstadt]() - [Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vorstadt]() - [Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna Seen from the East]() - [Liechtenstein Garden Palace in Vienna Seen from the East]() - [New Market Square in Dresden from the Jüdenhof]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()