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Perspective de la ville neuve, et du Palais de S. M. du d'hollande,
et des Environs de La campagne de Losehuwitz, avec partie de La Roiale Eglise Catolique, et des Bastions de la ville de Dresde, prise de la prairie Soignante aux Leuries Roiales et a L'orangerie Ce Tableau fait par ordre de Sa Majeste Le Roy de Pologne et Elec: de Sax. &&&
Germany,
Peint, dessine et grave par Ber: Bellotto dit Canaletto,
1748
Etched view, with the arms of Augustus III, King of Poland beneath the main image etched on a separate plate, old central vertical fold (pale waterstain upper left).
540 by 835mm. (21.25 by 32.75 inches).
12736
notes:
A sweeping view of Dresden from the left bank of the Elbe with Dresden Castle to the right, ancestral home of the Electors (1547–1806) and kings (1806–1918) of Saxony of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. The castle was reduced to a shell in the bombing raids of WWII.
Bernardo Bellotto (1722-1780) was born in Venice, and was the nephew and apprentice of Canaletto (1697-1768). Initially he painted views in Italy, but from 1747, when the present view was cr...
Bernardo Bellotto (1722-1780) was born in Venice, and was the nephew and apprentice of Canaletto (1697-1768). Initially he painted views in Italy, but from 1747, when the present view was cr...
bibliography:
De Vesme 9; Kosakiewicz 156 / II (state with the year 1748).
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