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Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel (Dutch: [ˈkɑspɑr vɑɱ ˈʋɪtəl, ˈɡɑs-]; born Jasper Adriaensz van Wittel; 1652 or 1653 – 13 September 1736), known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli (IPA: [ˈɡaspare vaɱviˈtɛlli]) or Gasparo degli Occhiali (IPA: [ˈɡasparo deʎʎ okˈkjaːli]), was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a ...
Piazza Navona, Rome. Oil on canvas. Discover some of the secrets and details invaluable to the human eye in this work. Caspar van WitteI was one of the Northern European painters working in Rome in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel, known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli or Gasparo degli Occhiali, was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in Rome. He played a pivotal role in the development of the genre of topographical painting known as veduta.
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1653 - Sep 13, 1736. Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel, known in Italian as Gaspar Vanvitelli or Gasparo degli Occhiali, was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a long career in...
Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel (Dutch: [ˈkɑspɑr vɑɱ ˈʋɪtəl, ˈɡɑs-]; born Jasper Adriaensz van Wittel; 1652 or 1653 – 13 September 1736), known in Italian as Gaspare Vanvitelli (IPA: [ˈɡaspare vaɱviˈtɛlli]) or Gasparo degli Occhiali (IPA: [ˈɡasparo deʎʎ okˈkjaːli]), was a Dutch painter and draughtsman who had a ...
Apr 11, 2019 · From the March 2019 issue of Apollo. Preview the current issue and subscribe here. Celebrated abroad, but less well known at home, Caspar van Wittel more or less invented view painting, writes Keith Miller.
Venice. from. the Island. of San Giorgio. 1697. Oil on canvas. Room 023. Born in Holland, van Wittel received his early training in Utrecht. He settled in Italy in 1674, where he became known as Vanvitelli and contributed decisively to the development of the veduta (view painting).
