The Lure of Dresden: Bellotto at the Court of Saxony

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The Lure of Dresden: Bellotto at the Court of SaxonyFebruary 10, 2019 to April 28, 2019Bernardo Bellotto is recognized as one of the greatest view painters in history, acquiring his fame in mid-18th-century Dresden as the court painter for the elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II—who was also King Augustus III of Poland. Over the course of a decade, Bellotto produced dozens of breathtaking depictions of the…