Bernardo BellottoItalian, 1721–1780Die Etsch in Verona
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Where is “Die Etsch in Verona” now? Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Unknown.
Dresden, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
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- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
- Image: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister — In Copyright
In the life of Bernardo Bellotto
The whole lifec. 1744
Son born: Lorenzo Bellotto
1744
Works in Lombardy for Count Antonio Simonetta
From 1743 Bellotto travelled through northern Italy, returning to Venice only occasionally, and in 1744 he worked in Lombardy for Count Antonio Simonetta. Collectors often mistook his landscapes of those years for works by the more famous Canaletto, and vice versa.
1745
At the court of Charles Emmanuel III in Turin
Bellotto worked in Turin at the court of Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy; in these years he also visited Verona several times. His View of Turin with the Palazzo Reale and View of the Old Bridge over the Po in Turin (Galleria Sabauda) date from 1745.
July 1747
Moves to Dresden at the invitation of Augustus III
At the end of 1746 Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and a great lover of Venetian painting, invited Bellotto to Dresden, and in July 1747 the painter moved there with his wife and son. He was appointed court painter, probably through the mediation of Francesco Algarotti, at a salary of 1,750 thalers a year.
1747–1757
Post: court painter
1748–1752
The King and Queen stand godparents to his daughters
Marks of the court's high esteem included a gold snuffbox and the fact that the four daughters born to Bellotto between 1748 and 1752 had the royal couple, members of the princely house and Count and Countess von Brühl as godparents.
