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View at the museum ↗The Ruins of the Pirnaischer Suburb with the Palais Fürstenhof
Bernardo Bellotto1766
- Attribution
- Bernardo Bellotto Italian, 1721-1780
- Medium
- Etching with engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image: 46.8 × 63 cm (18 7/16 × 24 13/16 in.); Image platemark: 52.7 × 63.7 cm (20 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.); Text platemark: 54.2 × 64.7 cm (21 3/8 × 25 1/2 in.); Sheet: 64 × 77.2 cm (25 1/4 × 30 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
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Source rights statement: Public domain
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Known for his majestic urban landscapes, the Venetian born Bernardo Bellotto apprenticed with the famed Canaletto, his uncle. In 1747 Augustus III, king of Poland and elector of Saxony, invited Bellotto to Dresden, where his career quickly took off. Bellotto’s 37 paintings depicting the architecture of the city were part of Augustus’s plan to make Dresden into one of the major capitals of Europe. When the Prussians invaded on the brink of the Seven Years’ War, Bellotto sought refuge and new work in Vienna. Upon returning in 1761, Bellotto found Dresden, its suburbs, and his home destroyed. This print documents his beloved city ruined by war.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0