Gaspar van Wittel (1653-1736)
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- Name (English)
- Gaspar van Wittel
- Short name
- Gaspar van Wittel
- Year of birth
- 1653
- Year of death
- 1736
- Short Description
- "Caspar van Wittel or Gaspar van Wittel (born Jasper Adriaensz van Wittel; 1652 or 1653 – September 13, 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 long career in Rome. He played a pivotal role in the development of the genre of topographical painting known as veduta. He is credited with turning topography into a painterly specialism in Italian art." - (en.wikipedia.org 17.06.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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