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'''Viviano Codazzi''' (1611-72) is a [[Baroque]] landscape or vedute painter. Born in [[Bergamo]], he worked mostly in Rome and Naples. He painted in a style influenced by a circle of Dutch painters active in Rome, known as [[Bamboccianti]], including [[Pieter van Laer]]. He is best known |
'''Viviano Codazzi''' (1611-72) is a [[Baroque]] landscape or vedute painter. Born in [[Bergamo]], he worked mostly in Rome and Naples. He painted in a style influenced by a circle of Dutch painters active in Rome, known as [[Bamboccianti]], including [[Pieter van Laer]]. He is best known as one of the earliest practitioners in Italy of painting architectural [[vedute]] of Rome and Roman ruins, both fanciful ([[capriccio]]) or realistic (''veduta realistica''). His son [[Niccolò Codazzi]] (1642-1693) was also a painter of vedute. Viviano was a strong influence on [[Canaletto]] and [[Bernardo Bellotto]]. His depiction of ''St. Peters Basilica'' in 1630<ref>[http://www.wga.hu/html/c/codazzi/rome.html]</ref> shows one of the last depictions of the facade without [[Bernini]]'s colonnade. |
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Viviano Codazzi (1611-72) is a Baroque landscape or vedute painter. Born in Bergamo, he worked mostly in Rome and Naples. He painted in a style influenced by a circle of Dutch painters active in Rome, known as Bamboccianti, including Pieter van Laer. He is best known as one of the earliest practitioners in Italy of painting architectural vedute of Rome and Roman ruins, both fanciful (capriccio) or realistic (veduta realistica). His son Niccolò Codazzi (1642-1693) was also a painter of vedute. Viviano was a strong influence on Canaletto and Bernardo Bellotto. His depiction of St. Peters Basilica in 1630[1] shows one of the last depictions of the facade without Bernini's colonnade.