Dresden from the Right bank of the River Elbe above the Augustus Bridge
Artist
Bernardo Bellotto
(Italian, 1722–1780)
Date1747
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions51 1/2 x 91 1/2 in. (130.8 x 232.4 cm)
Frame: 57 3/4 x 97 7/8 x 3 in. (146.7 x 248.6 x 7.6 cm)
Frame: 57 3/4 x 97 7/8 x 3 in. (146.7 x 248.6 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.145
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceCommissioned by Graf von Heinrich Bruhl, prime minister of Electoral Saxony and Poland (1700-63), Dresden; Bruhl family, by descent; Rt. Hon. Lord Hillingdon, Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge, England, by 1894; Hillingdon sale, Christie, Manson and Woods May 3, 1946, lots 43 and 44 (l 4410 the pair); (Ellis and Smith, London:) Mrs. Warwick Bryant; her sale Christie, Manson and Woods, June 23, 1950, lots 67 and 68 (l 1900 each); David M. Koetser, New York, NY; Acquired by NCMA from Koetser, 1952.
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
circa 1750
William Charles Anthony Frerichs
Berlinghiero di Melanese
circa 1225–1250