Bellotto, Bernardo, 1721-1780

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Venetian painter, printmaker and draftsman, nephew of Canaletto. In 1747, Bellotto moved to Dresden, where he became the official court painter of Frederick-Augustus II, Elector of Saxony.

From the description of Vuë de l'église de Nôtre Dame, et de la rüe, dite La Rammische Gasse aboutissante au palais de Mons:gr Le Chevalier de Saxe [graphic] / peint et gravé par Ber:d Bellotto dit Canaletto pein. r. 1757. 1757. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 417026376

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Birth 1721

Death 1780-10-17

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