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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Scenes of Venetian Life Room [67 works]
Image View:
Celebrations of the 2nd of February in Santa Maria Formosa
Creator:
Gabriele Bella (Italian painter, 1730-1799)
Location:
repository: Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Palazzo Querini Stampalla, Santa Maria Formosa, Castello 5252
GPS:
45.436434 12.340927
Date:
ca. 1770-1790 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Eighteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
cityscape; cycles or series; genre; recreation and games; festivals; Venice; Venetian
Description:
Sixty-seven works by Bella are visible at the Pinacoteca Querini Stampalla in Venice. They all depict everyday life in the Serenissima (the Republic of Venice); some illustrate historic events of the 16th century, some are 18th century views. These fill the walls of the gallery in three tiers. Bella was classed as an artisan rather than artist, becoming a member of the painters’ confraternity only in 1760. He took sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century engravings as his starting point, adapting them with his own personal experience. (Source: Pinacoteca Querini Stampalla [website]; http://www.querinist ampalia.org)
Image Description:
Bella copies an engraving by Giacomo Franco, turned 180° to emphasize the Querini Stampalia palace and its family’s coat of arms. The parish fair shown is the famous Festa delle Marie, which finished in Santa Maria Formosa with the visit of the doge to the church. "Games" included killing a cat (left), snatching a hanging goose (right) and bull baiting in the background.
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BELLANY-SVL-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Scenes of Venetian Life Room [67 works]