The Fortress of Königstein: Courtyard with the Magdalenenburg, 1756-1758

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 48.3 x 78.7 cm (19 x 31 in.)

framed: 63.18 x 94.3 x 6.03 cm (24 7/8 x 37 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her grandfather, Louis Koch

Accession Number

1996.64.1

Artists / Makers

Bernardo Bellotto (painter) Venetian, 1722 - 1780

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: 740.; across bottom of stretcher reverse: Prospect der Vestüng Königstein von Oben. Bernard Bellotto dit Canaletto Pintx. 1764.

Provenance

Winkler Collection, Dresden; Willy Dreyfus [1885-1977], Frankfurt and Montreux; his daughter, Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff [1916-2014], Bethesda, Maryland; gift (partial and promised) 1996 to NGA.[1]

[1] Provenance from curator's acquisition proposal, and Sarnoff collection records, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Willy
Sarnoff, Stanley J., Mrs.
Winkler