Exterior View of the Royal Chapel
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Living in Paris and Versailles in the 1750s, Bellotti, a nephew of the famous Venetian painter Canaletto, exhibited various views he claimed to have painted on-site. This particular work, however, is based on an engraving (by Jacques Rigaud, published in Diverses vues du château de Versailles). The painting shows the palace grounds open to visitors, who enliven the composition, some arriving in sedan chairs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Exterior View of the Royal Chapel
- Artist: Pietro Bellotti (Italian, 1725–after 1800)
- Date: ca. 1750
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Unframed: 14 7/8 × 19 in. (37.8 × 48.3 cm)
Framed: 19 11/16 × 23 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (50 × 60.5 × 4 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (V.2015.24)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts