Caspar Van Wittel paints Italy

Beautiful Italy of the 18th century

As much as Rome was his new home, Caspar Van Wittel took advantage of his position and visited most of Italy, always painting and selling his paintings, of course.

This gives us quite a nice evaluation of the Italian towns and places of the 18th century, ...

Caspar van Wittel: View of Florence from the Cascine - Oil on canvas - Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

Caspar van Wittel: View of Florence from the Cascine
Oil on canvas - Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1701] - Veduta di Napoli con il borgo di Chiaia da Pizzofalcone - Oil on canvas - Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli

Caspar van Wittel: View of the Grotto of Pozzuoli, Naples, with Virgil's Tomb - Oil on canvas

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1700-25] - Largo di Palazzo (Palace square in Naples) - Oil on canvas - Palazzo Zevallo-Stigliano

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1700] - A View of the City from the Right Bank of the River Arno looking towards the Ponte Alla Carraia - Oil on canvas - Private Collection

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1700] - The Port of Naples: 'La Darsena delle Galere' - Oil on canvas - National Trust

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1700] - L'Arno alla Pescaia di ponte San Niccolò (View of Florence from San Niccolò weir) - Oil on canvas - Private Collection

Caspar van Wittel: [1713] - The Port of Messina - Oil on canvas

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1700] - A View of the Bay of Pozzuoli, near Naples - Oil on canvas - Private Collection

Caspar van Wittel: [1704-05] - The Porto di Ripetta - Oil on canvas - The Matthiesen Gallery

Caspar van Wittel: [1710s] - Verona: a view of the River Adige at San Giorgio in Braida - Oil on copper - Private Collection

Caspar van Wittel: Messina, a panoramic view of the city towards the sea from the Colle del Tirone - Oil on canvas

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1710-22] - Naples, a view of the Riviera di Chiaia - Oil on canvas - Private Collection, Italian

Caspar van Wittel: [1719] - I giardini ed il Casino di villa Chigi - Massinaghi - Oil on canvas - Private Collection, UK

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1720] - View of Verona and the banks of the Adige River - Oil on canvas - Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

Caspar van Wittel: [ca. 1695] - View of Florence from the Via Bolognese - Oil on canvas - Chatsworth House

Caspar van Wittel: A view of the Abbey of Saint Nilus at Grottaferrata with monks conversing in the foreground - Oil on canvas

Caspar van Wittel: [1703] - The Darsena delle Galere and Castello Nuovo at Naples - Oil on panel - National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK

Caspar van Wittel: [1710] - Convent of San Paolo in Albano - Oil on canvas - Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

Caspar van Wittel: [1711] - The Port at Naples - Oil on canvas - Galleria Sabauda , Torino

Caspar van Wittel: Florence - a view of the City from the Cascine, with the river Arno, the Ponte Santa Trinità and the Ponte Vecchio - Oil on canvas

Caspar van Wittel: [1700-1733] - The Villa Martinelli and the Palace of the Duke of Aquale in Posillipo (Naples) - Oil on canvas - Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

Caspar van Wittel: View of Naples with the Castel dell' Ovo - Oil on canvas