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Dresden from the Left bank of the River Elbe below the Fortifications
Dresden from the Left bank of the River Elbe below the Fortifications

Dresden from the Left bank of the River Elbe below the Fortifications

Artist Bernardo Bellotto Italian, 1722–1780
Date1748
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions53 1/2 x 92 in. (135.9 x 233.7 cm)
Frame: 59 5/8 x 97 3/4 x 3 in. (151.4 x 248.3 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 1952, and dedicated by the NCMA Board of Trustees in honor of William P. Brown, Chief Conservator (1989-2020), 2020.
Object number52.9.146
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCommisioned 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.
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