Francesco Albotto

San Giuseppe di Castello , around 1745

Francesco Albotto , also Francesco Albotti , François Albotto or François Albotti , (* probably around 1723; † January 13, 1758 in Venice ) was an Italian painter and engraver.

Little is known about Francesco Albotto. Its origin is in the dark. He was probably first a student and later also an assistant to Michele Marieschi . After Albotto died, he took over the workshop and married his teacher's widow. Throughout his life he remained attached to Marieschi's art and painted vedutas and landscapes in his manner. He was therefore referred to by Mariette as the "second Marieschi". His works are so close to those of his teacher that they have long been considered his works. It was not until 1972 that a work signed “Francesco Albotto F. in S. Luca Cale di ca Loredan” appeared in the New York art trade and provided a basis for identifying further works. It turned out that Albotto tended to be more repetitive, mostly resorted to Marieschi's prefabricated formal language and brought little of his own to his works. Albotto was mainly active in Venice. Compared to those of his Venetian contemporaries, his oeuvre is rather small, although newly discovered images keep popping up today.

Selected Works

• Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
  • View of the Piazetta and Molo in Venice from the Bacino di San Marco, around 1745
  • View of the Grand Canal in Venice with a view of the Ca'Pesaro, around 1745
• Ljubljana, Narodni muzej
  • Capriccio with classical ruins
• Milan, Collezione privata
  • View of Santa Maria della Salute, around 1745
  • View of the mouth of the Grand Canal, around 1745
• Naples, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte
  • View of Palazzo Ducale towards Riva degli Schiavoni
• Vicenza, Gallerie di Palazzo Leoni Montanari
  • Landscape with Classical Ruins, around 1741–1750
  • Landscape with a classic arch and fountain, around 1741–1750
  • View of the Campo dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo with the Scuola Grande di San Marco, around 1742–1750
  • View of the Grand Canal at the mouth of Cannaregio, around 1742–1750
• Whereabouts unknown
  • View of the Venice Mole (1972 in the New York art market)
  • View of the Rialto Bridge from the south (auctioned on 11 December 1991 at Sotheby's in London)
  • The Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute as seen from the Grand Canal to the south (auctioned at Christie's in New York on January 25, 2002)
  • View of the Grand Canal and Fondaco dei Turchi (auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on January 27, 2005)
  • View of the Grand Canal from the northeast from Santa Croce and San Geremia (auctioned at Sotheby's in New York on January 27, 2005)

literature

• Maria Manzelli: Michele Marieschi e il suo alter-ego Francesco Albotto. Venice, 2002

Web links

Commons : Francesco Albotto  - Collection of Images