Bernardo Bellotto
Italian, 1721-1780
The Ruins of the Pirnaischer Suburb with the Palais Fürstenhof
INV-2218
Bernardo Bellotto
Italian, 1721-17801766
The Ruins of the Pirnaischer Suburb with the Palais Fürstenhof
Bernardo Bellotto Italian, 1721-1780 →etchingpaper
Date
1766
Medium
Etching with engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 46.8 × 63 cm (18 7/16 × 24 13/16 in.); Image platemark: 52.7 × 63.7 cm (20 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.); Text platemark: 54.2 × 64.7 cm (21 3/8 × 25 1/2 in.); Sheet: 64 × 77.2 cm (25 1/4 × 30 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Known for his majestic urban landscapes, the Venetian born Bernardo Bellotto apprenticed with the famed Canaletto, his uncle. In 1747 Augustus III, king of Poland and elector of Saxony, invited Bellotto to Dresden, where his career quickly took off. Bellotto’s 37 paintings depicting the architecture of the city were part of Augustus’s plan to make Dresden into one of the major capitals of Europe. When the Prussians invaded on the brink of the Seven Years’ War, Bellotto sought refuge and new work in Vienna. Upon returning in 1761, Bellotto found Dresden, its suburbs, and his home destroyed. This print documents his beloved city ruined by war.
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